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Originally Posted by Guest
So, if I hear you correctly, you think that there should be NO minimum wage whatsoever and it would be entirely up to businesses to determine the wages to be paid?
Isn't that going back to the days of the "robber barons" who would employ workers and pay them almost nothing? That is why labor unions were established as well as the federal minimum wage.
I do see your side BUT that ship has sailed. There IS federal minimum wage and it will not be going away. The question is whether or not to raise it to $15 per hour and create a living wage or not. The Democratic platform will be having incremental increases in minimum wage to $15.
Yes, your hamburger and beer at Codys might cost 50 cents more and your WalMart toilet paper might cost 75 cents more for the 24 pack. The Cody's waitress and WalMart employees will make a decent wage while they hopefully increase their education and skill to find a job paying more money.
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As others pointed out: minimum wage is a shell game. How much of an increase do you want to give and then the product price goes up to cover that increase, all wages will go up too and everyone will be right back where they were...
The labor union's ship sailed many years ago, they did a great job of running the non unions pricing up (the non union contractor only has to be a little less, obviously the non union can out perform the union slugs in the field, thus better profits for the non union). The unions are parasites on the members offering substandard returns on investment (tiered pension plans!). Absolute piece of **** people run unions (wasting money erecting inflatable rats instead of motivating their members to be the best labor force out there).
Not only will your burger go up at Cody's, everything will go up. Sadly for you (I am assuming you are retired) your income will not be increased. So; go ahead big spender lobby for $15.
STOCK UP ON AMMO!