So, a plan can't benefit everyone at once so it's bad? If you're stationed overseas then you're not exactly going to be feeling the tremendous hurt that comes from paying 20c extra for a quarter pounder. On the other hand, nearly a million people, who are doing their best, and working a job but still living in poverty will be lifted out of it. Do you really need a slightly higher standard of living more than they need to be able to put a roof over their families head, and food on their table?and those that get salary like I do, will have to suffer, because we aren't getting a raise so..
Poverty is the lowest level of wealth that exists among people who work. It is be definition impossible to eliminate poverty. All you can do is increase the quality of life of a person who is in poverty, and in America that quality of life is good enough that you cannot get me to pity the impoverished.working a job but still living in poverty will be lifted out of it.
Why do you keep assuming that black people will continue to vote your way forever?
The black vote has been in democrat hands for generations now and they have watched their cities crumble they have watched their schools get worse they have watched their quality of life get worse, crime get worse and watched as the black family unit was ripped apart.
Results talk and bullshit walks and the democratic party has been walking pretty fast in the inner city for a very long time.
Almost a million will be lifted out of poverty. Almost a million and a half will lose their jobs entirely. The cost appears higher than the benefit on a pure numbers basis.So, a plan can't benefit everyone at once so it's bad? If you're stationed overseas then you're not exactly going to be feeling the tremendous hurt that comes from paying 20c extra for a quarter pounder. On the other hand, nearly a million people, who are doing their best, and working a job but still living in poverty will be lifted out of it. Do you really need a slightly higher standard of living more than they need to be able to put a roof over their families head, and food on their table?
So those high school kids deserve to make 15 dollars an hour with no experience?So, a plan can't benefit everyone at once so it's bad? If you're stationed overseas then you're not exactly going to be feeling the tremendous hurt that comes from paying 20c extra for a quarter pounder. On the other hand, nearly a million people, who are doing their best, and working a job but still living in poverty will be lifted out of it. Do you really need a slightly higher standard of living more than they need to be able to put a roof over their families head, and food on their table?
I mean, it's not like this is aimed at free loaders or even actual legitimate welfare recipients. This is helping the people who are trying to do their best. The single mumsmums to Who go from a day shift at a cafe to night shift at a restaurant, or the guy who lost his job because of increased automation and can't find anything better right now to keep his family going than cashiering at McDonald's.
One thing I think we need is some sort of minimum wage adjustment for the under 21 crowd. Minimum age is always put into these terms of somebody working 60 hours an week and their family still starving, never highschool kids working a summer job to earn money for their first car. The two are fundamentally very different and adjustments designed around the family breadwinner always hose the kid wanting a car for her senior year.
Not sure what kind of car anyone thinks you're "saving up for" at that rate, though.
Yeah how does that work anyway? I never got military pay, any military. Like they file room and board as part of the compensation or something? And no hazard pay or overtime at all obviously. But like with the number of government sector unions you'd think someone would get the idea to appeal to that final government union frontier.So those high school kids deserve to make 15 dollars an hour with no experience?
Also, I make roughly, 4 to 5 dollars an hours a salary, and I am currently making LESS this year because of taxes being taken out of my pay.
Also, how many businesses can pay their works 15 dollars an hour?
So, I have federal taxes come out of it, state taxes depending on the state.Yeah how does that work anyway? I never got military pay, any military. Like they file room and board as part of the compensation or something? And no hazard pay or overtime at all obviously. But like with the number of government sector unions you'd think someone would get the idea to appeal to that final government union frontier.
Poverty is the lowest level of wealth that exists among people who work. It is be definition impossible to eliminate poverty. All you can do is increase the quality of life of a person who is in poverty, and in America that quality of life is good enough that you cannot get me to pity the impoverished.
The number of people who go from under the line to over it isn't the sum of people who would be helped by the proposed minimum wage.Almost a million will be lifted out of poverty. Almost a million and a half will lose their jobs entirely. The cost appears higher than the benefit on a pure numbers basis.
So, a plan can't benefit everyone at once so it's bad? If you're stationed overseas then you're not exactly going to be feeling the tremendous hurt that comes from paying 20c extra for a quarter pounder. On the other hand, nearly a million people, who are doing their best, and working a job but still living in poverty will be lifted out of it. Do you really need a slightly higher standard of living more than they need to be able to put a roof over their families head, and food on their table?
I mean, it's not like this is aimed at free loaders or even actual legitimate welfare recipients. This is helping the people who are trying to do their best. The single mumsmums to Who go from a day shift at a cafe to night shift at a restaurant, or the guy who lost his job because of increased automation and can't find anything better right now to keep his family going than cashiering at McDonald's.
The number of people fired also aren't the sum of people harmed. All prices will raise on all goods and services so pretty much everyone is going to suffer.The number of people who go from under the line to over it isn't the sum of people who would be helped by the proposed minimum wage.
I object to equating that situation with the proposed minimum wage hike. The implementation in that case was retarded on every level. For example, Krogers was hit with it but Walmart wasn't.The number of people fired also aren't the sum of people harmed. All prices will raise on all goods and services so pretty much everyone is going to suffer.
We've already seen stores closing because of state-mandated pay increases. Which stores go? The ones with the smaller margins. Small business get hosed, especially the small businesses that server poorer neighborhoods since they have to have lower prices and slimmer margins to support their community.
The traditional bastions of minimum wage are grocery stores and restaurants, both of which tend towards razor-thin margins. Hitting them means a loss of jobs, and more importantly a loss of business. We're going to get more food deserts as it becomes harder for poor people to reach a store, or afford food. We're also going to see inexpensive restaurants either switch entirely to robotic stores (McDonald's is already doing this) or turn into high-end restaurants for the wealthy, cutting out the smaller operations and making eating anything except McGarbage too expensive for the poor and middle class.