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..... well..... some of us are obsessed with our jobs
....but don't like angering spouses....
No one wants to work 60+ hours a week.
No apparently you missed the point--I don't want to pay my employees anything whatsoever, but that is unrealistic. If people were not willing to work for minimum wage then McD's wouldn't pay minimum wage. BTW, Obama promised to raise the minimum wage every year he was in office and didn't even raise the issue for his first term. Why isn't this his fault for breaking his promise when he had both houses for 2 years?
From July 7. 2009 (when Al Franken was officially seated as the Senator from Minnesota after the last of Norm Coleman’s challenges came to an end) to August 25, 2009 (when Ted Kennedy died, although Kennedy’s illness had kept him from voting for several weeks before that date at least); and
From September 25, 2009 (when Paul Kirk was appointed to replace Kennedy) to February 4, 2010 (when Scott Brown took office after defeating Martha Coakley);
For one day in September 2009, Republicans lacked 40 votes due to the resignation of Mel Martinez, who was replaced the next day by George LeMieux
So, to the extent there was a filibuster proof majority in the Senate it lasted during two brief periods which lasted for a total of just over five months when counted altogether (and Congress was in its traditional summer recess for most of the July-August 2009 time frame).
1) You can eat very cheaply if you are willing to cook. Living for minimum wage and eating at McDonald's every day isn't really the brightest course in life.
2) They are probably talking about the employee percentage rather than the whole charge.
Mine is even less than $20. It's called Canada.*
*PS. Our minimum wage workers in Canada make a lot more, too. In my province, it's $10.25 hr.
No one wants to work 60+ hours a week.
the solution to the problem is to add rungs back to the ladder so that workers have a chance to move up.
Apparently you missed the point. McDonalds doesn't want to pay its employees a living wage, so the rest of us have to do it via welfare and food stamps.
your health care design is vastly superior to ours. we try to deliver an essential service with inelastic demand via three tiers of for-profit entities, and primary care for the uninsured is the emergency room, which is the absolute most expensive entry point.
as for minimum wage, it will never be enough to really live on. it should exist and should be indexed to inflation, but it cannot be a "living wage." the solution to the problem is to add rungs back to the ladder so that workers have a chance to move up.
Get an education and skills so you can get a job somewhere else.
No apparently you missed the point--I don't want to pay my employees anything whatsoever, but that is unrealistic. If people were not willing to work for minimum wage then McD's wouldn't pay minimum wage. BTW, Obama promised to raise the minimum wage every year he was in office and didn't even raise the issue for his first term. Why isn't this his fault for breaking his promise when he had both houses for 2 years?
Perhaps we should take Elizabeth Warren seriously when she says she wants the minimum wage to be $22 an hour.
As if that will actually solve the problem instead of just moving the goal posts. :roll:
Well, that pretty much says it all. I'll take that as an acknowledgment that they aren't paying an adequate wage.
Young people don't eat food these days?If you're young and just getting started...or living at home. Here's MORE THAN LIKELY what your **** does look like:
$7.25 x 40 (I'm assuming working at McD's is 40/wk?)
That's $290 wk x 4 = 1160 (however you figure taxes - I'll say it's $1,000 take home pay per month)
$200.00 APARTMENT RENT
$70.00 PHONE
$100.00 ELECTRIC
$75.00 WATER
$200.00 TRANSPORTATION
$200.00 FUEL (a crappy car - one fill up a week - huge chunk here these days)
$75.00 AUTO INSURANCE
$920.00 TOTAL EXPENSES
$1,000 - $920 = $80 extra.
The minimum wage act of 2012 which would raise the wage from 7.25 to 9.80 by 2014 has not been voted on by congress.
Young people don't eat food these days?
They are paying for the job that is being performed...not to provide a single mother (never married) of six a "living wage". If you want an "adequate wage" have skills that aren't limited to making the french-fries.
Well, that pretty much says it all. I'll take that as an acknowledgment that they aren't paying an adequate wage.
Only if one believes that the "minimum wage" should be one in which a single individual should be able to live reasonably by themselves.
The story itself is rather funny. For instance, it complains about the lack of heating bill (the apartments I've lived in have had "heating" included" or it's electric based) but completely ignores that CABLE is a luxury item not a necessity and is part of the bill.
Minimum Wage is just that, a minimum reasonable way to pay people for their time. It is not, nor should it be, a "Living Wage"...ie enough for ONE person to live off of BY THEMSELVES in a comfortable fashion.
Apparently you missed the point. McDonalds doesn't want to pay its employees a living wage, so the rest of us have to do it via welfare and food stamps.
Aunt Spiker said:$200.00 APARTMENT RENT
See? Problem solved. [/thread]the good part is after working an average of 11 hours a day at a labor intensive job seven days a week you won't have any desire to spend that money.
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