View Poll Results: Should the Federal Minimum Wage be Raised?
No, those jobs are for teenagers and 2nd incomes.
64
62.75%
Yes, to about $10/Hr.
18
17.65%
Yes, to about $15/Hr.
16
15.69%
Yes, to $_____/Hr.
4
3.92%
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Minimum Wage - Should It Be Raised? How Far?
#1
Minimum Wage - Should It Be Raised? How Far?
Lots of angry people on this one, most of whom either A) Have not made Min Wage in the last 20 years and have no clue about it versus cost of living or B) Have about as much knowledge of economics as your average cinder block and think they should make 20 bucks an hour flipping burgers (and screwing that up about half the time).
Naturally, a bunch of Miata enthusiasts who make anatomical shifters out of bar-stock, love cat pictures more than life itself, and support the Brony movement are the logical choice as experts in the matter.
Naturally, a bunch of Miata enthusiasts who make anatomical shifters out of bar-stock, love cat pictures more than life itself, and support the Brony movement are the logical choice as experts in the matter.
#7
Being a motivated teenager, I say that it should be bumped. I've always held two jobs since I was 16 along with working way too many hours a week. Working at 7.80 an hour doesn't pay bills and provide enough to save money unless you really, really work your *** off. I think that the $10.00 mark is fair.
#8
Being a motivated teenager, I say that it should be bumped. I've always held two jobs since I was 16 along with working way too many hours a week. Working at 7.80 an hour doesn't pay bills and provide enough to save money unless you really, really work your *** off. I think that the $10.00 mark is fair.
Raising pay would actually hinder the lesson and promote stupidity.
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I think $10 is very reasonable as a federal minimum. At a state level it will be necessary to increase it further in states with high living costs.
I know this board tends to go a bit right on fiscal issues, but the idea that minimum wage does not need to exist is naive. After what happened a few years ago it is obvious that corporations will run wild with deregulation.
Its easy to believe in efficient markets and an invisible hand; to say that nobody will work for less than they are worth, but its not true. Until every CEO and manager gain the foresight to implement sustainable practices, they will continue to do what is in their best interests, not what is in the best interests of all the stakeholders.
It is a systemic problem that currently has no cure. The only treatment we have is government regulation.
I know this board tends to go a bit right on fiscal issues, but the idea that minimum wage does not need to exist is naive. After what happened a few years ago it is obvious that corporations will run wild with deregulation.
Its easy to believe in efficient markets and an invisible hand; to say that nobody will work for less than they are worth, but its not true. Until every CEO and manager gain the foresight to implement sustainable practices, they will continue to do what is in their best interests, not what is in the best interests of all the stakeholders.
It is a systemic problem that currently has no cure. The only treatment we have is government regulation.
#20
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Oh, wait- that was private individuals, not corporations.