trying to find pros and cons of minimum wage in ohio?
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It's a drain on the economy. It actually leads to the loss of some jobs as businesses have to make cut backs.\n\nThe minimum wage was introduced in 1938 to combat the exploitative working conditions in an economy reeling from depression and economic shocks. Although economic realities have drastically improved since then, much of our discourse on the subject has not. Many still imagine the minimum wage as one of the front lines in the battle for economic justice, with unscrupulous bosses on the one side and the downtrodden masses on the other.
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Your question 'Assumes' there are benefits to the minimum wage. The true effect of the minimum wage is to prevent the employment of anyone with job skills not worth the minimum wage.
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The United States Congress is currently considering a law that would increase minimum wage to about $7.25. I am just above the current minimum wage and would love to make $7.25, the only problem is economic effects that this could have on the country. Due to the huge rise in wages companies would have to pay out, they would be forced to raise prices to make up for that difference. That would cause the standard of living to increase, which would have a negative impact on our economy and perhaps bringing us back to this same issue. Again I do believe in a high minimum wage, but perhaps (and hopefully) smaller increases over a long period of time would remedy this problem.
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I saw in the News yesterday a refusal to a proposal to raise the minimum wage, which is currently 5.15 (Dollars) an hour. It is the National min. wage. Sorry to tell you this.
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Raising the minimum wage will not improve anyone's quality of life.  Ohio just raised theirs.  Know what happened?  A huge nat'l pizza chain raised their pizza prices by $1 exactly, every single pizza.  Increasing the minimum wage will do nothing.  It's symptomatic of the democratic view.  People look to the gov't to improve their lot in life instead of doing it on their own.\n\nTo achieve those things you mentioned, we need our manufacturing jobs back.
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Some people don't have the opportunity to get better jobs. For those stuck in a job paying minimum wage and trying to survive, a pay increase makes living bareable instead of almost impossible.\n\nAlso, for those saying a minimum wage increase is a wash for those effected are not looking at the whole picture. It might be a wash for the economy as whole because prices will go up to compensate, but those making minimum wage will NOT feel the effects of that as much as middle and upper class. Those making minimum wage would definitely benefit from minimum wage increase.
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i live in Connecticut (which i believe its still billed as 'richest state per capita income') and the minimum wage is $7.40 per hour.\ni think next year it goes up to 7.65, and last year it went up from 7.10
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Hey everyone who says this person is quoting an incorrect figure, I'm sure if you thought about it, it's reasonable to assume the asker means the adjusted to 2006 dollars minimum wage in 1950 is $6.13.  That means the 80 cent (or whatever it was) minimum wage in 1950 has the same purchasing power as $6.13 in 2006.\n\nIf you have to survive on minimum wage you have big problems.  Most likely you didn't pay attention or do very well in school and you probably didn't graduate.  Either your high school didn't offer or you didn't take advantage of vocational training.  You may be a drug addict or an alcoholic.  Anyone who needs to depend on minimum wage for longer than a year has little motivation.  The government basically guarantees loans to low income persons for vocational school or college.\n\nWhen I say you, I do not mean you I mean the person in question who is relying on minimum wage.\n\nReally there shouldn't be a minimum wage, you should be paid according to your value to the company, we only have a minimum wage because there are a lot of companies who know that lower wage earners are a dime a dozen and they can take advantage of them because they need a job and they'll take anything even if it is less than min wage.\n\nBefore Ohio passed its law raising the wage to $6.85 and linking an annual increase to the Consumer Price Index I purposely looked for jobs that paid minimum wage.  Guess what?  I couldn't find any.  At the motel I run we pay people minimum wage for their first two weeks (just to make sure we have someone who is going to last) then bump them to $6.50.  Most of the other service industry businesses in this area pay similarly
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It is 5.15 per hour.  Dang, I would hope you would set your sights higher than minimum.  Try waiting tables.  It pays a lot better and the hours aren't bad.\n\nIt's more complicated than the other answerer would have you believe...some states even have a minimum wage lower than the federal standard which is 5.15.  Colorado's state minimum wage , as of the beginning of April, was 5.15.  Other states have other rules.
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You are correct in your assessment,except a lot of illegal workers get paid in cash so the employer could still pay them what he wanted to any way.Still at $ 7.25 that's not a very livable wage but it better than $ 5.25.\nSmall cpmpanys will be excempt as they are now,from having to pay the minimum wage.It depends I think on how many workers you employ.\nI dont think it will have much of an effect on the illegal unless hes working somewhere that he gets a check and taxes taken out,then he may be able to get the minimum wage.
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The federal minimum wage is currently $5.15 per hour.\n\nIf you work in a state with a higher minimum wage, you would be paid the higher rate.\n\nHere is a link to the state minimum wages (it is interesting)\nhttp://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm
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Minimum wage runs around $5.75 or $6 an hour- NOT a livable wage. Congress doesn't care about it since they can go in practically penniless and come out 4 years later a millionaire.
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The Federal Minimum wage is $5.15/hour.  Many states have higher minimum wage laws.  \nCheck out this site from the Dept. of Labor.  It has a map that shows which states have higher or the same minimum wage as the Federal minimum wage.  It also tells you what the minimum wage is in each state.\nhttp://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm
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Minimum wage is not necessarily a bad thing. Imagine if you will, what would happen if there were no minimum wage. There are a number of companies today that pay there entry level employees minimum wage. (Usual manual labor or low skill level jobs) If there were no minimum wage, these companies would pay their employees less. If minimum wage is currently $5.15/hr I believe. So am employee making minimum wage works 50 hors per week, that's 40 regular hours at $5.15 ($206.00) and 10 over time at $7.725 ($77.25) per hour, then they would earn $283.25 pre week. That's about $1,133.00 per month. Depending on where you live, that's the coast of an apartment... In some places, it not enough for an apartment. Since I live in Central Delaware, let me us this local as an example. \nIncome: $1,133 /mo\nTaxes:  $113.00 / mo (10% based on regular hours)\nStarting Cash: $1,000.00\nCheep, run down one bedroom apartment:  $500.00 /mo\nCar insurance of an old car:                       $ 65.00 /mo\nElectric, assuming low usage:                     $ 65.00 /mo\nHome Phone, assuming no extras               $ 35.00 /mo\nFuel for Car, assuming used for work only   $ 60.00 /mo\nGroceries fro one Assuming frugality           $250.00 /mo\nTOTAL:                                                    $975.00 /mo\nRemainder: (For emergencies, savings, \nRecreation, etc...)                                     $ 25.00 /mo\n\nGranted, that at the end of the year, this person would receive a tax refund of about $5,891.60, but that doesn’t help this person on a daily bases the rest of the year. \n\nNow, consider that these same companies provide an average of a 6% raise per year. (The nation average last Time I checked was just over 3% but I'm trying to make a point) After the employees first year with the company, they would be earning 1,200.98 per month. After 5 years, they would be earning 1516.21 per month. Assuming that the cost of living went up only 2% each year, below the national average I might add, after five years, the employee in question would now have an amazing $436.42 per month unaccounted for. This means that this person could now get basic cable, purchase better groceries. (I'm q single guy and I shop fairly conservatively and I still spend nearly 350 per month on groceries and things for the apartment.) If you include this basic changes to his life style, this employee, after 5 years of working hard would have less then 286.42 per month for things other then daily living. This does not include many of the normal things most Americans enjoy such as a cell phone, internet access, etc. \n\nOkay, that's WITH a minimum wage. Imagine if there was no minimum wage an companies started hiring people at 3.00 per hour. Assuming 50 hours again, that's only $165.00 per week or about 660 per month. That doesn’t cover food and shelter. If these people were to work 2 minimum wage jobs, 40 hours each, they would still only have 960.00 per month.  That still doesn’t cover the basic listed above in this area, and if you think that companies would not take advantage of people this way, you have a lot to learn about American businesses. \n\nMany American companies are not above keeping employees as close to minimums they can. In fact, there are many companies now that reward proficiency and hard work with termination. With the "At Will"\n laws in many states today, if an employee mentions the word, union, they are terminated on the spot, and it's legal. Add to that the fact that these same companies periodically fire members of there senior staff because these people 'make too much money' because they have been around too long and know too much and you have some major unfair business practices. But that is a different issue. My point is that these companies would exploit people to no end if it weren't for the minimum wage law.
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The minimum wage is the same as everyone else, its the maximum hours that is different. I think its like 20 hours a week.
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IF you want to know the minimum wage, then go to that state's website.
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what state?  minimum wage is different in every state.