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Sure there is.
Even in Arkansas, people need to be paid more than $14/hr to make a "living wage." 40% of working Americans are paid less than $15/hr.
"In this report, living wages are calculated on the basis of family budgets for several household types. Family budgets include basic necessities, such as food, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, child care, clothing and other personal items, savings, and state and federal taxes. This assumes full-time work on a year- round basis."
http://allianceforajustsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Pay-Up-Revised-FINAL.pdf
Sure there is.
Even in Arkansas, people need to be paid more than $14/hr to make a "living wage." 40% of working Americans are paid less than $15/hr.
"In this report, living wages are calculated on the basis of family budgets for several household types. Family budgets include basic necessities, such as food, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, child care, clothing and other personal items, savings, and state and federal taxes. This assumes full-time work on a year- round basis."
http://allianceforajustsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Pay-Up-Revised-FINAL.pdf
If you want a living wage, then get a living wage job. Not every job in the country has to be or should be a living wage job. That's the fact that those who think that every job should pay a living wage just don't get.
How about not starting a family until you are mature enough to pay for it? 90% of these idiots supporting $15.00 minimum wage never ran a business and all the BS that comes with it.
I don't really care for the "well then get paid more, idiot !!" argument.
We're talking about the justification for a minimum wage increase.
The argument is that it could help ensure that working class Americans were able to rely less upon public assistance. Why are we subsidizing fast food profits ...?
I don't really care for the "well then get paid more, idiot !!" argument.
We're talking about the justification for a minimum wage increase.
The argument is that it could help ensure that working class Americans were able to rely less upon public assistance. Why are we subsidizing fast food profits ...?
Min Wage: Where did 15/hr come from?
Was it just made up by fast food workers and everybody latched onto it? Is there some sort of study or rationale behind it?
Bending over backwards to cater to businesses is bad policy. Why does the federal government spend so much to supplement fast food employee's income ? If the company can't afford a living wage, then they should not be able to employ Americans and burden taxpayers with making up the difference.
Sure there is.
Even in Arkansas, people need to be paid more than $14/hr to make a "living wage." 40% of working Americans are paid less than $15/hr.
"In this report, living wages are calculated on the basis of family budgets for several household types. Family budgets include basic necessities, such as food, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, child care, clothing and other personal items, savings, and state and federal taxes. This assumes full-time work on a year- round basis."
http://allianceforajustsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Pay-Up-Revised-FINAL.pdf
I don't really care for the "well then get paid more, idiot !!" argument.
We're talking about the justification for a minimum wage increase.
The argument is that it could help ensure that working class Americans were able to rely less upon public assistance. Why are we subsidizing fast food profits ...?
Bending over for business? Pure BS! Small business people are barely making it in many areas with the competitive pricing and bidding out there.
American tax payers are paying for the for the difference because we fail to tell it like it is, and liberals like yourself feel righteous in expressing their views without some skin in the game.
Aim low....Achieve low!
Fifteen dollars an hour wouldn't be close to a living wage in some areas of the country. When you start adding in a kid or two into the equation the idea fifteen dollars an hour is a living wage is laughable.
High school snotnoses living at home don't need a ****ing living wage. They need a kick in the ass to make them work.If you want a living wage, then get a living wage job. Not every job in the country has to be or should be a living wage job. That's the fact that those who think that every job should pay a living wage just don't get.
when I had 0 education I made minimum wage 5.15.
when I got my associate degree I made 12.45
when I got my bachelor degree I made 16.00 then I got promoted and I make way more.
interesting that more education and job skills equate to more money.
Min Wage: Where did 15/hr come from?
Was it just made up by fast food workers and everybody latched onto it? Is there some sort of study or rationale behind it?
Why are we subsidizing people with zero ambition? There are millions of jobs that don't require a college degree, that make much more. If you're an adult and have spent a lifetime at "minimum wage," you're a loser. Plain and simple.The argument is that it could help ensure that working class Americans were able to rely less upon public assistance. Why are we subsidizing fast food profits ...?
Bending over backwards to losers is even worse. Businesses employ people. Losers just take take take.Bending over backwards to cater to businesses is bad policy.
Exactly. There are only three types of people who make minimum wage. 1) Teenagers 2) College students 3) Losers. Teenagers do not need to make an exorbitant amount of money. They live at home and their parents subsidize them. College students either live at home, or in a dorm. See #1. Losers need motivation. Minimum wage should be motivation enough, but if it isn't...enjoy loserdom.when I had 0 education I made minimum wage 5.15.
when I got my associate degree I made 12.45
when I got my bachelor degree I made 16.00 then I got promoted and I make way more.
interesting that more education and job skills equate to more money.
It puts more people on public assistance, not less. Higher MW = fewer jobs. Fewer jobs = more people on public assistance. I know I'm giving you a rational, logical argument that isn't all emotional and stuff, so now you;'re going to accuse me of not caring about all the poor people in the world and only caring about the profits of big corps. C'mon, AG, you can do it, you're so well practiced that it shouldn't even require thought to type it all out again.
Except all it will do is drive up prices and people making the new minimum wage won't be able to afford things any more than they can now. And the people currently making more than $15 an hour, who won't get raises because the minimum wage goes up, will be even less able to compete. It will be an even bigger drain on welfare. Good plan.
Min Wage: Where did 15/hr come from?
Was it just made up by fast food workers and everybody latched onto it? Is there some sort of study or rationale behind it?
Bending over for business? Pure BS! Small business people are barely making it in many areas with the competitive pricing and bidding out there.
American tax payers are paying for the for the difference because we fail to tell it like it is, and liberals like yourself feel righteous in expressing their views without some skin in the game.
Aim low....Achieve low!
Fifteen dollars an hour wouldn't be close to a living wage in some areas of the country. When you start adding in a kid or two into the equation the idea fifteen dollars an hour is a living wage is laughable.
there really isn't one. it is hard to justify paying someone 15 an hour with no education or job skills.
because it is cheaper than them being on full government assistance which is what will happen when they are fired or laid off.
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