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you "assure me, it's not working"? ok, assure methe minimum wage jobs are meant to be entry level positions, not necessarily provide for a family of four. the way to move up is education, which we already throw a $hit ton of money into, show up for you job, take it seriously, be a good person, watch for better positions, apply for them rinse wash repeat. the weird thing is, many small businesses already pay more than min to the employees they value and want to keep. the big businesses may be the ones who drag their feet, but same applies. they pay the people they want to keep and move up. the ones who demand the $15/hr or more, are usually your worst employees. you know the good ones when ya see them
very commonly you will find small business paying more than minimum wage because they appreciate good hard working people and realize the cost of finding a replacement.
I just want to point out that the education systems broken. My fiancé is told by the district, people with advanced degrees, to pass kids who cannot graph basic points in geometry. A kid in high school algebra cannot add 5+9. Sometime these kids are going to become adults and are going to need those minimum wage jobs to stay off the street.
The federal minimum wage was last raised on July 24, 2009, when it rose from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour, the last step of a three-step increase approved by Congress in 2007. Before 2007, the minimum wage had been stuck at $5.15 per hour for 10 years.
I can see this and I don’t teach college. I groan and grimace inside when I see the lack of an ability to put a sentence together, or spell, etc. Yes we’ve all dealt with autocorrect goofiness, but that’s not what I am talking about. I used to make myself nuts over our church bulletin alone. Just now I got an email from the president of a professional group I belong to, and I see spelling errors that jump out at me. Always double-check, especially with names!
I belong to a Facebook group where a frequent contributor has spelling and grammar mistakes in nearly every post she makes. In general, seeing that type of thing is like fingernails on a blackboard to me, but I didn't know her background, so I try not to judge. But then, she posted that she was looking for a new job. When she was asked what she did for a living, and she replied, "I'm a teacher".
I am exactly the same way - as is my daughter who is a teacher. My wife is the opposite on emails, texts, etc - often, looking as though they were written by a 6th grade dropout. Yet, she has journaled since she was a teen and the prose/spelling is exquisite.So, I try to go easy on the illiterate texts or emails that I so often receive.
There is a difference between a short text between two people and a paragraph that is going to live in infinity on the interwebs.Also, seeing someone use "U" instead of "you" in an online post makes me want to drive to their house and stab them. But then again, they must save hours of typing time over the course of a year doing that.
Low hanging fruit then okay. Do you understand what inflation is? I'm guessing no, otherwise you wouldn't try to make this argument. The federal minimum wage was last raised on July 24, 2009, when it rose from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour, the last step of a three-step increase approved by Congress in 2007. Before 2007, the minimum wage had been stuck at $5.15 per hour for 10 years.So you seem to want to keep the federal minimum wage where it is... at $7.25. I'm sure in 2009 your hair was on fire because it had just gone up to that level from the 2007 level of $5.15. So the last increase was over a decade ago. $100 in 2009 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $121.93 today, an increase of $21.93 over 12 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 1.67% per year between 2009 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 21.93%Are you saying that it is okay to keep the minimum wage stagnant regardless of what the value of a dollar is? Are you actively advocating for everyone that makes minimum wage to make LESS money every year? Defend your position.
sorry-been gone most of the day-hards, but i'm just a free market guy. criticize me all you want, but i've been in the private sector my whole life as both an employee and an employer. as an employee, i sure did want to make more money. what i found out was, become really good at what you do, create a demand for yourself and either force your present employer to pay you more or move on to something that pays more. as an employer,(over 30 years) find and hire the best person for your position and PAY THEM! i've had to fire very few people. as the saying goes, they usually fire themselves; none of them brought me any pleasure. once you find the right person(s) make them want to work for you; make it fun. i'm a really easy going guy and i make things work by communicating right now as opposed to weekly, bi-weekly...meetings. if you are honest with people, show them you are more than about the money, good things happen and the success just follows. do not compromise those core beliefs. being honest means you don't have to try to remember what you said
I actually like Hawleys wage increase idea. > billion dollar companies bump to 15. I still think it could be much better by cost of living index but that is much better than nothing.
I say scrap the minimum wage and trust businesses to pay their employees a fair wage. And while we're at it, get rid of all workplace rules, pollution regulations, anti-monopoly laws, etc. Corporations are people, after all, and they want to be great American "citizens."What could possibly go wrong?
London School of Economics study:"50 years of tax cuts for the wealthy have failed to trickle down."https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2020/L-December/Tax-cuts-for-the-richhttps://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tax-cuts-rich-50-years-no-trickle-down/?__twitter_impression=true
London School of Economics study:"50 years of tax cuts for the wealthy have failed to trickle down."