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Originally Posted by Golfingnut
I would support $15.00 per hour plus there should be a provision that no amount of hours worked should effect that amount. Hiring for less than 40 hours per week to get around minimum wage needs to be seen for the terible thing it is. These tactics are turning this great nation into a third world for millions of us. If you cannot run a business and pay a living wage, then you should shut the doors and try something else.
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I'm always puzzled by the point of view you express. If you support $15/hour .... why not $20? $30? etc? Economics does not work like that. It just doesn't.
How many customers would just stop going to fast food places if the prices doubled? Answer ... a lot. How many employees would then lose their job at the higher wage? Answer ... again, a lot. What's the net result of a good intentioned policy? Look at Detroit for an analogy.
Have you personally ever actually run a business? Do you have any experience at all in this regard? Would you double the wages of your employees overnight and then expect to rack up higher sales??
There is such a chasm between the good things people understandably "want" and what reality allows well intentioned people to actually do.