Does the raise in the minimum wage effect only people who are making under 6.85 or can get more money too?
819621
You always have the right to complain but your employer is only obligated to pay you minimum wage.
768701
Definitely raise in minimum wage.\nDon't ask for an explanation because that is self-evident .
774018
I don't know anyone who works for minimum wage, but a raise in the rate will not help. The greatest misconception about minimum wage is the idea that it is a living wage. Minimum wage is not and was never intended as such. It is a benchmark rate for workers entering the system. It is assumed that the average worker will gain skills and either move up in their current company, or change positions based on their acquired experience. The reason minimum wage does not help anyone is related to economic cause and effect. If the price of labor increases then the prices of goods and services must also increase to reflect the added cost of doing business. Therefore while you make more money you will also be forced to pay higher prices thus eliminating your surplus income.
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$3.35\n\n On April 1, 1990 the federal minimum wage was increased from $3.35 per hour to $3.80; a year later it was increased to $4.25, for a combined increase in excess of 25 percent. The latter increase was the 17th since the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 established the first national minimum wage of twenty-five cents an hour.\n\nThe current minimum wage is $5.15 and was established in 1997.
306378
To be honest, probably not any time soon.  Those who are in position to vote for this are not poor by any means.  The increase in minimum wage wouldn't even effect the ammount of pay they get.  The only effect it will have on them is that they would have to pay more for everything.  So, if they can be rich and comfortable, who cares about the poor people like us.  That seems like their philosophy.\n\n**note**\n\nCongress gave themselves 5 raises recently that resulted in them making about $10,000 more per year.  Someone working 40 hours a week at minimum wage makes about $10,700 per year.  Government is corrupt no matter where you go.  Don't expect a raise unless it benefits the rich people.
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.
853387
darn right there should be. say 10% if i make 100 bucks i give the gov 10, if i make 1,000 i give em 100, if i make 1,000,000 i give em 100,000, seems fair to me, unlike now where thoe more i make the less i bring home. before my last pay raise i brought home more money, im paying almost 54% of my income in taxes. the harder i work, the more i pay, for the people who arent working.. thats not fair to me.
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Last time they did it, before it was even put into action, grocery prices immediately jumped.  Those who made minimum wage spent the extra on groceries.  Middle class people on a salary had to bite the bullet and pay more.  Miminum wage jobs aren't for making a living--they are for a second income or teenagers or college students.  Raising minimum wage won't improve the plight of those with minumum wage jobs.
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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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There's really no such thing (unless you are talking about the federal minimum wage, which is, I believe, $5.15/hour).  The market determines the wages, which can fluctuate widely depending upon specialization, employer, and area of the country.
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.
932200
NOT true. However a minimum wage increase is on the communist agenda right after #1 CUT and RUN and #2 Aletrnative Energy.
581460
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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what good does the increase in min wage do?  the cost will be passed on to the consumers which puts the people back in min wage in the same boat.  I agree raises for govt is wrong but the whole Idea of min wage is outdated.  Simple economics shows this is a sick cycle that has to stop.
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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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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 very unlikely that an increase in minimum wage would create employment growth.  Labor is subject to the same supply and demand equation as any other commodity.  Raise the price of labor, lower the demand.  One would ordinarily expect an increase in minimum wage to result in a decrease in employment, especially among the least paid workers.