What should the minimum wage be?

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signalmankenneth

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http://theweek.com/article/index/247876/what-should-the-minimum-wage-be

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I tend to think about a small town country store when thinking about this. It makes me want to say $5. ANYONE's time is worth that.

People who work for big Corp. need to have the right to Unionize and it needs to be noticed when Big Corp. attack people trying to put together a Union. I know someone personally that tried to start a union at a sweat shop style factory. He had been working there for years but right after he put flyers on peoples cars to start a Union they fired him for a random other reason.

It's a hard debate because with all the Corporations fighting against Union organization, it just makes people want to raise minimum wage. Generally the greedy capitalists never decide to budget their money better, they just raise prices and make everyone else pay but them.
 
$15 an hour

Setting the wage too low retards technological development of labor saving devices. This is why the Roman empire went almost nowhere in several hundred years, because slavery enabled an abundance of cheap labor. It is why the south is still backwards today. Cheap labor means slower long term economic growth. We should penalize countries with low labor costs with higher tariffs, as well.
 
Panda Hugger said:
$15 an hour

Setting the wage too low retards technological development of labor saving devices. This is why the Roman empire went almost nowhere in several hundred years, because slavery enabled an abundance of cheap labor. It is why the south is still backwards today. Cheap labor means slower long term economic growth. We should penalize countries with low labor costs with higher tariffs, as well.
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This is somewhat true. If you raised the wage, my automated fast food system would be viable. Of course it would put 80% of fast food workers out of jobs, but it'd make me millions.
 
Clovis said:
This is somewhat true. If you raised the wage, my automated fast food system would be viable. Of course it would put 80% of fast food workers out of jobs, but it'd make me millions.
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I assume you would just outsource your fast food. :good4u:
 
Anti-Party said:
I tend to think about a small town country store when thinking about this. It makes me want to say $5. ANYONE's time is worth that.

People who work for big Corp. need to have the right to Unionize and it needs to be noticed when Big Corp. attack people trying to put together a Union. I know someone personally that tried to start a union at a sweat shop style factory. He had been working there for years but right after he put flyers on peoples cars to start a Union they fired him for a random other reason.

It's a hard debate because with all the Corporations fighting against Union organization, it just makes people want to raise minimum wage. Generally the greedy capitalists never decide to budget their money better, they just raise prices and make everyone else pay but them.
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$1.50 for minimum wage is too much, make it less than the average amount of money made by people per day in Uganda.
 
According to Leftist propagandists masquerading as Americans, low skill jobs need to pay out at $50/hr with full Union Bennies. Ignoring the fact that cost of services and products WILL skyrocket. This also confirms that Liberals hate the private sector with a passion.
 
Well, let's outline a few budget items before settling on a minimum wage:
1. Gas for Dad's car for the Saturday night date.
2. Saving for your own car.
3. School supplies.
4. BASIC cell phone services(no internet, camera, texting capability, just a simple phone with minimum minutes for emergencies).
5. Entertainment.
I think $5-$7 an hour should cover it. If your mom and dad is trying to teach you responsibility by charging you room and board(with me, it was a symbolic $15 a month, maybe $7-$9.
 
Interesting. If the cost of living is growing at a huge rate like that, how is it possible when inflation is reported to be so low?
 
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