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Question: Do you support Obama's proposal to increase the minimum wage?
#1
Yes, but $9 is not enough.		  
#2
Yes, its about right.		  
#3
No, but we should keep it as it is.		  
#4
No, and we should eliminate the minimum wage.		  
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Total Voters: 85

Author Topic: Minimum wage increase from $7.25 to $9.00 per hour  (Read 11912 times)
JQ
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« on: February 18, 2013, 03:23:58 PM »
Why in God's name would you pay someone $15 or $20/hour to flip burgers?
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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2013, 04:03:37 PM »
Quote from: TNF on February 18, 2013, 03:55:20 PM
Quote from: JQ on February 18, 2013, 03:23:58 PM
Why in God's name would you pay someone $15 or $20/hour to flip burgers?

Why in God's name would you not? All labor deserves dignity, and no job in this country should pay less than what is necessary to be able to live on. Businesses that can't adapt to that reality should go the way of the dinosaurs.
Really? I know plenty of people who can live quite comfortably by themselves on $7.25/hour at 35 or 40 hours/week.
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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2013, 04:13:26 PM »
Quote from: © Tweed the Younger on February 18, 2013, 04:09:37 PM
Quote from: JQ on February 18, 2013, 03:23:58 PM
Why in God's name would you pay someone $15 or $20/hour to flip burgers?

otherwise way too much of their labor is being stolen.
How exactly does burger flipping warrant anything close to $15/hour?
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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2013, 04:17:00 PM »
Quote from: TNF on February 18, 2013, 04:14:34 PM
Quote from: JQ on February 18, 2013, 04:03:37 PM
Quote from: TNF on February 18, 2013, 03:55:20 PM
Quote from: JQ on February 18, 2013, 03:23:58 PM
Why in God's name would you pay someone $15 or $20/hour to flip burgers?

Why in God's name would you not? All labor deserves dignity, and no job in this country should pay less than what is necessary to be able to live on. Businesses that can't adapt to that reality should go the way of the dinosaurs.
Really? I know plenty of people who can live quite comfortably by themselves on $7.25/hour at 35 or 40 hours/week.

As someone who makes $8.70 an hour and has to spend every bit of his paycheck on gasoline and food, I highly doubt that's the case for most people making $7.25 an hour.
Essentials covered. Be thankful.
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