Do you think we should raise the minimum wage?
829527
When ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS Are Deported\nThe Wages Will Naturally RISE\n\nMinimum Wages And Other Wages\n\nWe All Know, By Now\nThat ILLEGAL ALIENS Falsely DEPRESS Wages\nBy Flooding The Labor Market With CHEAP Labor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs an example, \na young landscaper who used to make $15 an hour \n10 YEARS AGO, \ncan't get a similar job now for more than $8 an hour. \nSame heat. \nSame difficult working conditions.  \nBut with the Depressed Wage, \nAmerican Citizens who live in a country \nwhere the cost of living is miles above that of Mexico's – \ncan't afford to take such jobs.\nIt's not that he and other Americans \ndon't want to do landscaping anymore; \nit's just that in heavily trafficked ILLEGAL ALIEN environments, \nIT DOESNT PAY WELL ENOUGH ANYMORE.\n\n\n\nIn The Past Ten Years\nOur Cost Of Living Has TRIPLED\nYet\nOur Wages Have Been Cut In HALF\nDue To A Labor Market Flooded With ILLEGAL ALIENS\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYes, Its ME\nReported And Deactivated\nAnd The Points Don't Mean NOTHIN
860256
Of course this sounds like a good idea - when does not making more money not sound like a good idea? Only thing is, with employers having to jump minimum to $7.25, we'll end up seeing the results in higher product and living costs so minimum wage earners are back to not making enough for living expenses.
454302
No, the federal minimum wage alone hasn't increased in 10 years. The division between the poor and rich is getting wider, with more low income at the bottom.
1175660
I think it is because they tend to be more greedy, they just voted themselves a pay raise but it don't look like they will pass a raise in the minimum wage. It has been a decade since the minimum wage has been raised.
182562
Absolutely not. We the American people are the ones that voted them in and we are the ones that should say how much they make and when or if they should ever have a pay raise. They are employed by us and in every other business the boss decides who gets a raise and who doesn't. Put the vote to the people and see how much money we could save on the incredible, ridiculous salaries and benefits these politicians get. I am a registered voter and I do exercise my right to vote each and every time an election comes around.
1018850
Unfortunately there is no way to really fix this problem. If you increase the minimum wage, the prices of everything else would go up. It will most likely cause more out sourcing of good jobs, and leave the people who are making minimum wage in worse shape than they already are.  Minimum wage is really not intended for somebody to be able to live and support a family off of. \nIn a capitalistic society, there will always be rich people and poor people, there is no way around that. \nThere is a form of government that regulates every body's wages, provides everything for its citizens, and treats everybody equally. It is called communism. Ask anybody from the former Soviet Union or Cuba how that works out.
895990
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.
501662
Sure, but you need to mention the other side.  \n\nIf gas was indeed $2584/ barrel, minimum wage would be roughly $268/hr using the laws of supply and demand and equitable compensation spread across the entire world economy.\n\nBTW - Cut back on the crack, you're driving the price through the friggin roof.  It's going to be tough to keep the masses enslaved at this rate.
1016710
The same people who believe prices are going to skyrocket if we evict the illegals also believe that increasing minimum wage will improve the quality of life for the poor. Seems in this country every one is entitled to wealth, whether they sling burgers for McDonald's or if they are CEO of a fortune 500. \n\nSeems to alot of people, riches should be doled out as a human right rather than something a human has to earn.
614790
Yep, that would work!  Never mind this baloney that people would be put out of work if employers had to pay a decent wage ... they wouldn't ... NO industry employs more people than they have to, with or without minimum wage ... does anybody think that just because the wages are depressed, more people get work?  Get real ... if a workplace need workers, they employ them!!
1109800
The reason intelligent people are against the raising of minimum wage(or min wage all together), is because when you raise the minimum hiring wage you force the business owners to take the blow to their profits, which they are not going to do.  \nYou not only have to pay the basic unskilled worker coming in the door more per hour but by nature all skilled workers are going to want a raise by equal increments.  \nNot to mention the  price of ever day good will go up.  Your hamburger at McDonald's will be $10(exaggerated a little)\nThis is a political trick usually by Democrats to "buy" votes from the poor and uninformed.  It sound good to raise wages, but it doesn't work.  The free market should decide what a good wage for a good job is.
608962
I think she did this to make a point that members of Congress have no problem voting themselves pay raises, but will scream that the economy will collapse if minimum wage is increased. \n\nThe better idea is to raise minimum wage with the cost of living so it does not erode further and stays in step with the economy.
711309
Generally, no. BUT, it wil ldepend on your company.\n\nIf there is a corporate pay scale, then they may adjust all scales accordingly, but not $1.70 worth. \n\nFor example, if the starting pay where you are is 5.15 and the second level is $8.00 and they raise the starting pay to 6.85, the second level may adjust to start at 9.00. \n\nit's hard to say. \n\nBut if your company does not employ minimum wage workers, then any substantial raise is HIGHLY unlikely.
710423
Looks like you already answered your question. Sickening isn't it?\n\nGalaxy500: Hey slick, could you please explain for me just how an increase in minimum wage makes people want to stay on welfare?\nThis should be a real hoot.
1167199
Of course they aren't worth it. But what can you expect from a Repug controlled congress? Easy to see where the money is going, to look at those fat *ss gluttons.\n\nAnd no, it's not fair to turn down another raise in minimum wage. Pretty soon, the working class won't even be able to afford to get to work, which will just put the most vulnerable people in society into homeless shelters, or unto the welfare rosters.\n\nThen the conservatives will bitch about the rising numbers in the welfare class, even though they will have been the ones who put them there. Too bad those f*cking hypocrites are so busy chasing oil to see that their own bullsh*t policies are shooting this country in the foot. Not just internationally, but internally.
1036156
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.
209206
$10.00 or less per hour is Min wage anything below that is poverty level, the problem is our goverment hasn't wokeup to face the reason why ? it takes two people living together just to make it in this country, AMEN TO THAT !