democrats wanna up the minimum wage?
967833
Unfortunately, many people do not understand economics whatsoever. \n\nPeople who support a minimum wage should have a maximum-earnings cap placed upon them. The earnings could be used as capital so minimum wage earners could get more schooling and develop their own businesses. Pelosi & Kerry & Kennedy are rich enough.\n\nThe minimum wage schtick is just a ploy to get votes from the uneducated. It results in inflation and more jobs going overseas.\nIf it hasn't worked it over the past 40 years, it won't solve the problem now.
1109536
It is total bullshit.\n\nLast year the federal minimum wage at $5.15 per hour was $3.50 below in purchasing power of what it was in 1968. Today's minimum wage has the lowest purchasing power since 1949 when economic productivity per worker was a fraction of what it is today, when the super-rich corporate bosses had not become hyper-rich averaging over $8000 an hour. \n\nThe last increase to $5.15 per hour was in 1997. Except for one year of restraint, members of Congress have zipped their annual pay grab through the House and Senate every year. Just the increases in that period amount to about three times the annual minimum wage income for millions of American laborers. No wonder poverty has been on the increase. \n\nRest assured, neither the Democratic nor the Republican leadership will stop their annual pay raise. The House already has passed their pay grab. Shame is a rare commodity when it comes to the moral authority to govern. \n\nWhy do we let them get away with such Marie Antoinette values?
1007408
People need to understand the government is not really on your side, both Republicans and Democrats. They take you money no matter what you think of the job they are doing. Businesses on the other hand must please you, the customer, or they will go out of existance. Thats why the government needs to stay out of business affairs, the companys will pay workers whatever the job they are doing is really worth. This keeps the cost to us consumers down. If we force businesses to pay people more for the same amount of work, it will force them to fire the low wage employees as well as make their products cost more. So instead of increasing the minimum wage, I believe we should get rid of it completely.
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.
984854
High economy? HAHAHA! Let's see. The democrats are trying to raise the minimal wage, this will cause business to 1. Fire more empolyees cause more unemployment. 2. Higher pricing for products. 3. Smaller businesses won't be able to make it because they won't be able to compete with the corporations. But of course you'll start restricting corporations cause more unemployment as well as a LOWER economy. So, good luck.
436787
Minimum wage workers?
1171082
Yea, they voted down the minimum wage increase, which hasn't been raised in a decade, and effectively gives a person $466.00 a month to "live" on, while they get a $3,400 raise. Nice of them since almost all are millionaires!\n\nAnd Congress wants to give more of their power away\nand give bush a line item veto!! ARE THEY NUTS??\n\nWhy do we need a Congress? Bush can submit his own budget and sign it.\n\nCan you imagine the thought of being a state that voted against Bush??
612335
ok truckman, not all democrats are the (evil) liberals that you seem to imply they are. I think its wrong for oil companies to pay a man a going out the door bonus of 400 + million, and make billions in profits in a year, when there are millions of americans having to literally choose between food, medicine or gasoline. I think its wrong for the oil companies to still insist on zone pricing when they are making billions in profits.
868790
People of ALL races will lose jobs. Prices will rise, then they promised to raise minimum wage again. It will be a vicious circle of inflation!\n\n\nInstead, why not install a national Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) or all?
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.
832897
Even most conservatives I know realize that minimum wage is pretty much ALREADY raised.  To many conservatives, its nothing more than an ideological issue for them to pretend it would "cause unemployment, inflation" etc when largely it would do very little considering most employers already ignore the minimum wage.\n\nHowever, when it is raised, and it will be, it needs to be indexed so that it doesn't fall behind like it did this time.  While the minimum wage did get adjusted by economics for most people, its taken far too long and people suffered in poverty needlessly because Congress just didn't give a ****.\n\nAs for the geologist cracks, Republicans are naturally condescending.  If you don't support them, you are a do-nothing welfare loser.  If you do, you can be a drug addict, Rush Limbaugh, or both...and they will praise you!
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Pro:  The minimum wage ensures that mentally disabled/challenged workers are not legally taken advantage of, in terms of pay.\n\nCon:  The economic value of a job is not changed by the minimum wage.  Raising the minimum wage simply raises the prices of goods & services (inflation) and increases the attractiveness of foreign outsourcing.\n\nThe minimun wage is a great campaign issue because most voters want/expect a raise.  In reality, it is a worthless promise of increased wealth.  In relative, inflation adjusted terms, the minimum wage earners will still be poor and have the same buying power.
187138
they are trying to get minimum wage changed, but it is by state.  a lot of states are trying to raise minimum wage to $6 (right now, in my state, it's $5.15).  your state has to pass the bill before it will go up, though.
768701
Definitely raise in minimum wage.\nDon't ask for an explanation because that is self-evident .
730710
I have mixed feelings.  I have been through a number of minimum wage increases and all I've seen is the price go up and eat up any gains we had, as well as more lay-offs, less benefits and fewer full time positions.  The people at the top control the price and they make sure they get their cut first no matter what.  There is no trickle down anymore.  As it has been figured.....minimum wage still isn't a wage many people can survive on with prices the way they are now.  Whether you are renting or owning, driving your own car or taking a bus.  The essentials alone are taking too much of the wages to get by and still be able to save or meet the expense of an illness or injury.  It is survival wage.  If anything....it should be the pay elected officials are paid and then they might get a different view of the world.  They are looking from the top- down.  Maybe they should get a gander from the bottom-up.\n\nMinimum wage does not apply to a great majority of jobs.  Many people wrongly assume it does.  It does not apply to waitresses and pizza delivery jobs and some agriculture and even some businesses that do piece work.  It's supposed to average minimum wage but it in reality it doesn't.  Big business has discovered ways to even get around that.  Like a waitress.  They are sometimes paid a small wage and then the tips are supposed to make it up to the average of minimum wage.  For some...it's just tips only.  It is not based on the actual tips received but what you are supposed to get.  Unfortunatly people aren't forced to tip and many don't tip what the "proper" percent is supposed to be.  Then they started making it where the bus-boy and sometimes even the bartender get to take a share of the supposed tip while receiving less than minimum wage. So the waitress pays them up and gets whats left.  But taxed on it whether it's actually received or not.  Depending on where you live, the type of restaurant and clientel....you are surviving or can do pretty well.  People assume the delivery fee for pizza delivery is going to the driver and they don't tip.  Wrong.  Depends on the company.  Some pocket that and the driver is working for tips only, no gas reimbursement and usually has to do the dishes for free.\n\nThey need to start looking at the top as well ,before anything will be close to fair and a liveable wage.  As long as there's no accountability to the top dog, they will find a way around minimum wage if it was 100 an hour.  Sounds good, but not if it gets you no-where.
56082
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.
935292
It is so heartening to see that. Especially on the minimum wage issue. Finally, a party with a plan!