Minimum Wage Increase?[views:24112][posts:74]_______________________________ [Jan 10,2007 10:15am - awol ""] http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/10/minimum.wage.ap/index.html wtf, does anyone else realize that this just fucks up the economy? Raise minimum wage and the cost of everything goes up, thereby nullifying the temporary benefit that the minimum wage earners gained and ultimately just crippling the US dollar. |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 10:25am - the_reverend ""] who the hell earns minimum wage other than 16yo kids? illegal immigrants don't even earn minimum wage. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 10:29am - Josh_Martin ""] awol said:http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/10/minimum.wage.ap/index.html wtf, does anyone else realize that this just fucks up the economy? Raise minimum wage and the cost of everything goes up, thereby nullifying the temporary benefit that the minimum wage earners gained and ultimately just crippling the US dollar. Wow, you are a complete idiot. |
| _______________________________ [Jan 10,2007 10:31am - awol ""] Josh_Martin said: Wow, you are a complete idiot. that's certainly debatable, you wanna expand on that? you think raising minimum wage is going to help in some way? |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 10:33am - Josh_hates_you ""] Josh_Martin said: Wow, you are a complete idiot. josh martin is correct. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 11:04am - HailAtWork ""] Minimum wage needs to be increased to at least $10/hour...minimum wage should = living wage. The economy you speak of does not take reality into account and will hopefully crumble and die in the near future. Just how the fuck are people supposed to survive in this current system if the price of food, energy, and everything else increase, but the minimum wage does not? Putting a fucking $ on everything on the planet that should be free doesn't help either. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 11:06am - Messerschmitt ""] i'm the dumbest fuck ever therefore i'll never get a good job never get paid good I WILL however, probably rob a bank |
| _______________________________ [Jan 10,2007 11:23am - awol ""] HailAtWork said:Minimum wage needs to be increased to at least $10/hour...minimum wage should = living wage. I'm not looking to debate the likelihood of surviving on minimum wage, its not realistic to expect someone to live on $5 an hour. But if minimum wage is raised, the money to pay the employee has to come from somewhere, and 9 times out of 10 that's gonna be passed on to the consumer, including the employee that just got a higher minimum raise. If everything costs more as a result of raising minimum wage, how does that benefit anyone? Those new earnings for the minimum wage earner are going to supplement the higher costs of everyday living, and if you earn more than minimum wage you aren't likely to get a raise to offset the newer higher cost of living. Systems like welfare, food stamps, etc. are set up to supplement income of people who earn less than they need to survive (i.e. minimum wage), we'd be better off beefing those systems up instead. |
| ____________________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:04pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] life sucks...get a helmet |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:09pm - succubus ""] _______________________ [Jan 10,2007 11:23am - awol] HailAtWork said:<<Minimum wage needs to be increased to at least $10/hour...minimum wage should = living wage. >> I'm not looking to debate the likelihood of surviving on minimum wage, its not realistic to expect someone to live on $5 an hour. But if minimum wage is raised, the money to pay the employee has to come from somewhere, and 9 times out of 10 that's gonna be passed on to the consumer, including the employee that just got a higher minimum raise. If everything costs more as a result of raising minimum wage, how does that benefit anyone? Those new earnings for the minimum wage earner are going to supplement the higher costs of everyday living, and if you earn more than minimum wage you aren't likely to get a raise to offset the newer higher cost of living. Systems like welfare, food stamps, etc. are set up to supplement income of people who earn less than they need to survive (i.e. minimum wage), we'd be better off beefing those systems up instead. ~~ sure, give more to people who don't work and don't raise the minimum wage for those who actually go to work ~~~ you make 0 sense |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:09pm - CaptainCleanoff ""] Messerschmitt is right, stay dumb, you will get more. |
| ____________________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:11pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] i'm too broke to pay attention |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:15pm - xanonymousx ""] the min. in MA is about $7 where as in NH it is $5 |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:22pm - HailAtWork ""] RI is trying to raise it to over $10/hour...hope it goes through |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:23pm - Josh_Martin ""] awol said:HailAtWork said:Minimum wage needs to be increased to at least $10/hour...minimum wage should = living wage. I'm not looking to debate the likelihood of surviving on minimum wage, its not realistic to expect someone to live on $5 an hour. But if minimum wage is raised, the money to pay the employee has to come from somewhere, and 9 times out of 10 that's gonna be passed on to the consumer, including the employee that just got a higher minimum raise. If everything costs more as a result of raising minimum wage, how does that benefit anyone? Those new earnings for the minimum wage earner are going to supplement the higher costs of everyday living, and if you earn more than minimum wage you aren't likely to get a raise to offset the newer higher cost of living. Systems like welfare, food stamps, etc. are set up to supplement income of people who earn less than they need to survive (i.e. minimum wage), we'd be better off beefing those systems up instead. See, I told you were an idiot. As more and more mid-level jobs get outsourced to India and the whatthefuckistans of the world more and more americans are sinking into shitty min. wage Mcjobs. They need to earn enough not only to survive, but also enough to keep on being the happy little consumers they were raised to be. You think a couple extra bucks an hour is anything comparable to what would happen to the economy once the majority of the population is too fucking broke to buy anything but the bare essentials??? Its called a brain. Use it once in a while. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:24pm - Messerschmitt ""] I BLAME DELL |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:29pm - HailAtWork ""] We should also have healthcare, a 32 hour workweek and at least 2 months vacation...but that's a whole other post. |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:30pm - CaptainCleanoff ""] I blame Hispanics & hail the queef. |
| _______________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:42pm - Yeti ""] HailAtWork said:We should also have healthcare, a 32 hour workweek and at least 2 months vacation...but that's a whole other post. be realistic. 2 months? 40 hours is perfectly reasonable. 5 days of 8 hours and 2 days of rest. |
| ______________________________ [Jan 10,2007 12:44pm - pam ""] When the cost of living goes up and minimum wage does not, we have a problem. If you can't see that, you're indeed a fucking idiot. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 1:09pm - the_reverend ""] DADDY I WANTED THE BLUE CAR. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 1:28pm - DeRtOxIa ""] the_reverend said:DADDY I WANTED THE BLUE CAR. haha! i saw that video and it pissed me off to no end. I think the concept of minimum wage makes no sense. There shouldn't be a set wage that employers are forced to pay. People should be paid comparable to the work they do. I'm sure theres some young farmhands who are making minimum wage who are real pissed off that they do lots of hard labour and make the same as someone who works at mcdonalds and stands around all day. Of course without a set minimum wage then employers would constantly be paying less and less with no one to stop them. But theres too many employers who stick to this minimum wage and wont pay any higher because it's the lowest they can go and they feel there's no reason to pay any more. I think the people should control the wages, not the gonverment or the employers. If someone isn't paying enough then they should have a hard time finding workers and realize they need to pay more. Except there's too many people who have no problem just barely getting by that would take these low paying jobs. I just thought of something while typing this. There shouldn't be an across the board minimum wage. There should be some type of "industry wage" that is different depending on the job. So skilled manual laborers would have a higher minimum than unskilled retail workers. |
| ______________________________ [Jan 10,2007 1:32pm - awol ""] call me an idiot if you want, but if you raise the minimum wage the cost of everything will go up. For everyone. I don't get paid minimum wage so I don't get a raise to offset that. If you don't like the wages, get a better job. Josh, what about the non min. wage consumers that won't be able to afford the inflated cost of living? They will be buying less, so how does that benefit the economy? And if a company has to pay its employees more because the min. wage increases, that's more likely to drive them to outsource their work for cheaper labor costs, i.e. fewer jobs in the US. Seems like there should be a better solution, I sure as fuck don't know what it is, I just don't think that raising minimum wage is it. It's just a temporary fix. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 1:43pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] My economics professor in school would argue that awol is right. He taught the class the same stuff he's talking about. I, however, hate economics and will not touch this debate with a 10 foot pole. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 2:00pm - the_reverend ""] awol, people in power are as stupid as you and I and the best thing they came up with is the minimum wage. If minimum wage is a temporary fix, then it's a temporary fix that has been around for like 70 or 80 years. also, if raising the minimum wage is going to cripple the economy and make Madison and Macenzie not get their blue car, how come prices aren't higher in mass as opposed to nh when there is a 30% difference in the minimum wage? well, besides liquor. that's cheap in NH. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 2:20pm - sxealex nli ""] there should be a paying method for kids living with parents... i.e. no one would hire this kid for 10$ an hour but 6$ an hour if he is living with his parents and hes making extra $ for himself... maybe then it would be easier for bussiness to make a bit of $ when less than valuable help is required. This would be for kids under 18 or 16 or something and up to the bussiness. Its kinda crazy to think of a 16 y-o making 10 an hour... wtf are they gonna do with it? |
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| _____________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 2:33pm - Josh_Martin ""] awol said:call me an idiot if you want, but if you raise the minimum wage the cost of everything will go up. For everyone. I don't get paid minimum wage so I don't get a raise to offset that. If you don't like the wages, get a better job. Josh, what about the non min. wage consumers that won't be able to afford the inflated cost of living? They will be buying less, so how does that benefit the economy? And if a company has to pay its employees more because the min. wage increases, that's more likely to drive them to outsource their work for cheaper labor costs, i.e. fewer jobs in the US. Seems like there should be a better solution, I sure as fuck don't know what it is, I just don't think that raising minimum wage is it. It's just a temporary fix. dude, I'm not even going to bother with you until you show me some statistics that prove that paying people enough to survive is going to cause catastrophic inflation and the US will revert back to the Ford administration. I call bullshit on your whole premise. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 2:35pm - Josh_Martin ""] menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:My economics professor in school would argue that awol is right. He taught the class the same stuff he's talking about. I, however, hate economics and will not touch this debate with a 10 foot pole. Your economics professor is naive. In a perfect world he would be correct. However, this world is full of corrupt asshole jews. |
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| _____________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 2:50pm - HailAtWork ""] Yeti said:HailAtWork said:We should also have healthcare, a 32 hour workweek and at least 2 months vacation...but that's a whole other post. be realistic. 2 months? 40 hours is perfectly reasonable. 5 days of 8 hours and 2 days of rest. I'm being perfectly realistic, in Europe they pull it off and their dollar is worth almost twice ours...in some places I think they've actually got 3 months vaction. Fuck Reganomics...why should anyone work themselves to death to survive while a small number of assholes reap most of the benefits? This isn't what we were put here to do, this isn't furthing our evolution or expanding our consiousness, it's unnessesary bullshit that drains your soul. With the natural resources and knowledge we have, no one should have to really work more than 2-3 days a week...if that. |
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| ______________________________ [Jan 10,2007 3:08pm - awol ""] Josh, I never said catastrophic, just crippling. Here's some reading material which gives pros and cons: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003517622_wage10.html Rev, MA has a higher minimum wage due to a state law, but doesn't MA also have a higher cost of living? Plus sales and income tax which take an additional 5% off the gross pay and 6% off the net pay of that 30% difference. Here's an interesting link: http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm Most businesses seem to stick to a national pricing model, i.e. the same CD is going to cost the same amount from Best Buy in either state. But if you raise the national minimum wage that affects businesses across the country. Maybe a better solution is to keep the min wage at a state level, not a national level and adjust it as necessary in specific states..... |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 3:21pm - HeavensJail ""] http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/taxesbystate2005/index.html In MA, state and local taxes take 9.8% of income. This includes sales and property taxes as well as income. In NH, it's 7.4%. One way or another, government services have to be paid for. Unless you're the national government, in which case you can raise spending while cutting taxes, borrow out the ass from other countries, and cause the dollar to crash causing this whole mess in the first place. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 3:29pm - the_reverend ""] alex, way to be a couple days behind. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 3:30pm - Josh_Martin ""] HeavensJail said:http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/taxesbystate2005/index.html In MA, state and local taxes take 9.8% of income. This includes sales and property taxes as well as income. In NH, it's 7.4%. "Tax Free New Hampshire" is a total fucking myth. Sure, there's no sales tax and no state income tax. But they get your fucking money anyways. They just call it a "fee" instead of a "tax". Try registering a car in NH and you'll see what I mean. Property taxes in NH are worse than Mass and the restaurant tax in NH is 8% as opposed to 5% in Mass. Gasoline is also more expensive in NH than in Mass. The cost of living is pretty much the same in both states. It may even be worse in NH since public transportation here is a joke and you almost HAVE to own a car. Look at how bad morning traffic is on rt. 3 and I-93. Everyone in NH works in Mass. because Mass. pays better. The only advantage to living in NH is if you're an alcoholic or a smoker. Fortunately, I'm both. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 4:43pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Josh_Martin said:menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:My economics professor in school would argue that awol is right. He taught the class the same stuff he's talking about. I, however, hate economics and will not touch this debate with a 10 foot pole. Your economics professor is naive. In a perfect world he would be correct. However, this world is full of corrupt asshole jews. Yeah. My economics professor also said "Mark my words. Gas prices will not drop below $3.00 / gallon ever again". That was last June. |
| ________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 5:07pm - infect ""] HailAtWork said:Yeti said:HailAtWork said:We should also have healthcare, a 32 hour workweek and at least 2 months vacation...but that's a whole other post. be realistic. 2 months? 40 hours is perfectly reasonable. 5 days of 8 hours and 2 days of rest. I'm being perfectly realistic, in Europe they pull it off and their dollar is worth almost twice ours...in some places I think they've actually got 3 months vaction. Fuck Reganomics...why should anyone work themselves to death to survive while a small number of assholes reap most of the benefits? This isn't what we were put here to do, this isn't furthing our evolution or expanding our consiousness, it's unnessesary bullshit that drains your soul. With the natural resources and knowledge we have, no one should have to really work more than 2-3 days a week...if that. you hit the nail on the head big brother, another factor no ones mentioned yet is that minimum wage workers spend a greater percentage of their income than any other income bracket, therefore any increase in the minimum wage goes directly back into the local economy. in other news, i just heard on the radio that republicans are proposing a tax break on small businesses in order to offset the wage increase. i think this is an excellent idea in theory, but in practice, these tax breaks always seem to benefit republicans corporate cronies more than they help the little guys that they are intended for |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 5:13pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] Baltimore raised their city contracted jobs to a "living wage" back in 1994. There were a few studies done on it and the conclusion reached was that while costs for the businesses with city contracts rose by something like 1% between 1994 and 1996 accounting for inflation they actually saved money on the living wage. Baltimore's Living Wage Law: An Analysis of the Fiscal and Economic Costs of Baltimore City Ordinance 442 The Effects if Living Wage in Baltimore Feb. 1999 The idea that if we pay workers higher wages companies will flee for cheaper wages overseas is a complete myth. Outsourcing has pretty much gutted the manufacturing industry in this country, same goes for call centers, the only jobs left paying minimum wage are in the service sector. There isn't a ten year old Cambodian fry cook who's willing to use astral projection to work the grill at your local Wendy's at low low wages, either these jobs cannot be outsourced forcing employers to pay a living wage, or they can just automate the whole process (see, EZ Pass, Self Checkout lanes at Stop n' Shop). But think about it this way as well, if someone is supporting a family by working at McDonalds or some other minimum wage hole it's more than likely that they're not working there alone. Everyone knows at least one person who works two or three jobs to support their family, now if they could support their family on one paycheck that means a position frees up at the other one or two jobs. Basically my support for a living wage comes down to this. It would reduce the strain on the government's resources, reducing its size, and place responsibility on businesses. If people were paid a "living wage" there would be little need for programs such as welfare, medicaid, etc. as the entire workforce would be above poverty level; only low income seniors and the disabled would require assistance. Because fewer people would be enrolled in these programs and with the added revenue from people making a living wage (who would no longer have tax exempt status due to poverty) we would be faced with a choice, we could maintain the present tax rates and have a ridiculous surplus of money, or we could slash taxes across the board and still have enough money to fund programs for the much smaller group of people now dependent on the government. And all the businesses playing poormouth over this whole issue have got to be fucking kidding. A living wage means that people who are currently barely scraping by will have disposable income. And where does disposable income go? Back into the economy! |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 5:37pm - KillerKadoogan ""] HailAtWork said:Fuck Reganomics...why should anyone work themselves to death to survive while a small number of assholes reap most of the benefits? This isn't what we were put here to do, this isn't furthing our evolution or expanding our consiousness, it's unnessesary bullshit that drains your soul. With the natural resources and knowledge we have, no one should have to really work more than 2-3 days a week...if that. EXACTLY. THANK YOU. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 5:45pm - Niccolai ""] According to nickle and dimes, in massachusetts, you can't live of any less than 14 or 16$ an hour. If it's not pissible to live alone for under that amount, there's no reason companies should be paying under 14 an hour. |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 9:27pm - Messerschmitt ""] federal aid federal aid we here it all the time but it's not really federal aid because the money is yours and mine |
| _______________________________ [Jan 10,2007 9:43pm - anon ""] Since we're discussing living wages, I'll gladly explain for you all with a REAL example of where the money for wage increases comes from: In MA, as of the first, minimum wages were raised from $6.75 to $7.50. Where does that money come from? Well, as a salaried manager, part of my own income is derived from bonuses. If I control my labor expenditures within budget or below, I receive a bonus at the end of the fiscal quarter. It's not difficult to do, as budgets are based off of how many hours your location uses on average, and I've almost ALWAYS received this bonus. Well this year, they put out the budgets BEFORE the wage increase. That means I'm expected to hit the SAME labor dollars as before, but still pay a HIGHER wage. What does that mean? It means I will not be getting a bonus for at LEAST the next year. You guys keep debating if this is right or wrong. All I know is, I'm going to be scraping by more than ever to pay my MORTGAGE, PROPERTY TAXES, and UTILITIES while some douchebag teenage high school kids just got a nice little bump in their living wages. Glad I can make their life at home on mom and dad's tab a little easier. Minimum wage jobs are always entry level positions. If you want to earn more, try progressing upward in the company you work for. I don't really give a crap if some douche-nigger's first job at McDonald's can pay their rent. I'm pretty sure it was never supposed to. It makes me happy, though, that eventually the only people that will be able to afford rent, real estate, or taxes in Ma. are people on welfare programs working minimum wage jobs. I think I'd rather take a chance on buying a house in NC and living with all the nice hard working Brazilians that have flocked there over the last couple years. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 10,2007 10:03pm - xanonymousx ""] anon said: I don't really give a crap if some douche-nigger's first job at McDonald's can pay their rent. come on brother, just because someone couldn't get a college education or maybe they just got laid off from their high paying job and need one desperately doesn't mean they are a bad person... there are people out there just like you and me but have bad luck and need these jobs to survive i'm sure you worked hard to get where you are, but seriously saying shit like that makes you look like you're selfish.... i can't stomach people like you all cause you want a little bonus. if you can't survive on your own salary i would suggest you looking in upping your position. |