[quote]runnER/DR wrote:
First, it's federal employees only.
I believe it's not so much of an order but a pledge to push congress to do it.
And it will take five years to fully phase it in.
It's nonsense.
Whatever happened to the $2000 check? Reduced to $1,400 and kicked down the road.
How about Medicare for all? Forget about it.
The Unkle wrote:
douglas burke wrote:
We still have the best Military ever, and 330 plus Americans who would give their life for love of Country, We are in great shape.
No. For Israel.
Israel? You mean that country that has universal health care and free college tuition. The country that the US gives 4 billion dollars to annually on the books and who knows how much off the books through your tax dollars. Are you talking about THAT Israel?
Work'n for the Man wrote:
The Unkle wrote:
No. For Israel.
Israel? You mean that country that has universal health care and free college tuition. The country that the US gives 4 billion dollars to annually on the books and who knows how much off the books through your tax dollars. Are you talking about THAT Israel?
Yes. The nation that we are bombing seven Muslim nations for.
The Unkle wrote:
Yes. The nation that we are bombing seven Muslim nations for.
Care to name these alleged seven nations?
Other than possibly Kuwait, Israel is our strongest ally in the region. Long live Israel.
Daily reminder that the media does not decide the president- the courts do.
The fraudulent election will be exposed in court, Biden will be arrested, and Donald Trump will be vindicated.
The Kraken is coming :-)
God Emperor Trump wrote:
Daily reminder that the media does not decide the president- the courts do.
The fraudulent election will be exposed in court, Biden will be arrested, and Donald Trump will be vindicated.
The Kraken is coming :-)
Give it up, I voted for Trump as well, but stop with the false hope/conspiracies Biden will be our President at least until January 20th 2025.
InflationisaB*tch wrote:
Inflation
Australian minimum wage $19.84
Inflation 1.65% (2019), 0.75% (2020)
USA inflation rate 1.8% (2019), 1.4% (2020).
Look for a better excuse to punish the working poor.
Easy1 wrote:
My wife and I are both federal. I make $55 an hour and makes $37 an hour. There is no federal employee at my place of working make under $20 an hour.
Bingo!
This thread is pages and pages of ppl who don't know how to read.
Alan
realwages wrote:
Finally a president that does something to help those that can barely feed themselves. The USA has had a minimum wage of 7.25 for sooo long. If you work 40 hours a week that is a grand total of $290 before taxes. Please tell me how anyone thinks they could live off that.
Yes and I really don't understand why people are against this. It strikes me as very mean spirited to be against businesses having to pay 15 bucks an hour.
They might try to argue government has no right to tell others what to pay. They are wrong. government has every right to insure that workers are not abused with unhealthy or dangerous work conditions and are not taken advantage of in terms of working conditions/pay.
As a society we don't want people to live off welfare. So we better make sure that the money they make from working is significantly higher than what they would make sitting at home and collecting welfare.
If a company is going hire someone its their responsibility to pay them a living wage. If they have to raise prices then so be it.
I’m curious if anyone here who is posting actually employees anyone? You can’t really have an opinion until you employee a few entry level employees. Some are worth less than $5 and some become very valuable. It is just a starting point. I have had great employees, dishonest employees, worthless, and some amazing. If I started them all at $15 it would be easier to outsource the labor.
Define a "a living wage". What spending power is included in that, and is it the same in all locations?
$15 minimum wage simply isn't that aggressive.
Wages are pretty sticky, especially at the low end, as people making $30k a year often don't have the time or risk tolerance to quit their job and find a higher paying one. (and plenty of other reasons)
In some very low cost of living areas $15 may still be too much. That's fine. Can adjust for that.
https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/why-15-minimum-wage-is-pretty-safe
Here is a common sense approach to setting the minimum wage.
The federal minimum wage should be set to protect workers when the economy is very poor and people are desperate and can be taken advantage of.
The amount to set the minimum wage is what a consensus of companies must pay to attract workers when the economy is good (or overinflated like now).
What I have seen in some of the lower income states are around $10/hr right now.
That is what I would set the federal minimum wage at. Higher income states could set their rate higher but no state could be lower.
The main argument is that an increase would cause higher unemployment and higher prices. Setting the minimum wage when companies are already paying that wage and still can't hire enough people will do neither.
Historically, when minimum wages have been set, the amount adjusted for inflation was very close to that $10/hour.
Harambe wrote:
$15 minimum wage simply isn't that aggressive.
I stopped in a
https://buc-ees.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/buc-ees-logo-retina.pngand they were paying $15-$17 for general help. That was in Georgia.
