No. Do a google search for "labor statistics minimum wage earners" and see the data that liberals don't want you to see.
The majority of minimum wage earners are not heads of household and trying to support a family, sure some are. But most minimum wage earners are part time workers, in the 16-24 age bracket. If this group gets a pay raise they are likely to just blow it on Ipod downloads or dope.
Lets take a look at raising the wage by $1. Does that $1 go into the worker's pocket? No, after you take out FICA/FITW/SITW etc, they will probably see maybe 80 cents.
Does that $1 raise cost the company $1, no after you take into account their part of SS, plus any other benefits etc, it costs the company probably around $1.20
All this is doing is funneling more money into government regulation.
People who will really win out on this are the unions who's hourly rates are based on multiples of the minimum wage. And who do the unions support?
I know there are some people out there that are trying to raise a family on minimum wage, but the majority of minimum wage earners are not heads of household, they are under 21 and living with someone else. Furthermore, minimum wage is entry level, if you're working in that position for more than 6 months, you really need to evaluate yourself.
"You cannot benefit the wage earner at the expense of the wage payer" - unknown, perhaps Ben Franklin
>>>I know there are some people out there that are trying to raise a family on minimum wage, but the majority of minimum wage earners are not heads of household, they are under 21 and living with someone else. Furthermore, minimum wage is entry level, if you're working in that position for more than 6 months, you really need to evaluate yourself.<<<
Maybe I'm living in lala land out here in Kansas, but my nephew just got his first job last September. He quit school (I was so pissed), so no diploma or job experience. They started him out at 10.13 and hour and within two weeks had raised that to 10.55. Even my niece, who also quit, never had to work for minimum wage and she worked fast food. She always got at least a dollar over. Is this the norm or were they just lucky?
Thanks for the tip. The first thing I saw was the number of workers making the current minimum of $5.15 per hour.
570,000