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There are also jobs for which minimum wage does not apply. I think the going rate for table waiters here in Atlanta is $2.13/hr. They are expected to make up the difference by hustling for tips...giving good service, etc. A decent bartender makes $5.00/hr.
I tip rather heavily wherever I eat and drink because I know these people don't make shit compared to my salary...and they're just tryin' to make a livin'...put some bread on the table for those grubby little crumb snatchers crawlin' around the home place.
I feel a bit of guilt every time I treat myself to a new thousand dollar pistol...happened again just yesterday.
You couldn't be more wrong
Illustrate or shut up.
I am worth more than thanatos144 then? And hot damn, I'm not even in a for profit job sector and I'm more valuable than him! What a loser!
Thanks Mr. T! We're going to get along just great!
So, what is the complex answer?
The callous conservative answer is, "it's all about personal responsibility"; and that CG is a simple answer and a simple solution solved by saying or thinking, "I got mine, screw the rest of them".
Bullshit. Every union Job I worked had far less overtime then non union.There's the first problem right there. People getting by on minwage jobs do not work 80 hours every 2 weeks. They work 80hrs every week. Minimum. I knew a guy, a Thai immigrant, who worked a day job, a night job, and a weekend job. So double that to over $1800/mo. Yeah, you can get by on that.
Second, the number of heads of households who work min wage jobs is miniscule. Holders of such jobs are typically married women returning to the workforce, teenagers, people living with others who are earning money.
Finally, very few people stay at min wage. As they develop skills and experience they increase their pay scales dramatically.
Of course if you increase the min wage you do away with jobs like that, and make it harder for people to get on the ladder. This is why black teen unemployment is over 40%.
That isn't entirely true, at least in my personal experience. Every job I've had that I was paid hourly my employer would not allow me to work more than 40 hours a week because they did not want to pay overtime.
This is yet another unintended consequence of government interference. Some people, myself many times, would be willing to work past that 40 hours a week and forgo getting paid that time and a half--but that is too bad. I was limited by government regulation on the possible money that I could get paid per pay period.
Employers will always do what they have to to cut costs, and if that means bringing in additional workers and cut hours to prevent them from going into overtime they will.
If you wanted significant overtime hours in a wage job you should have joined a union. Or you could just whine and blame "big government".
YOU get paid for what you're worth.
You couldn't be more wrong
Bullshit. Every union Job I worked had far less overtime then non union.That isn't entirely true, at least in my personal experience. Every job I've had that I was paid hourly my employer would not allow me to work more than 40 hours a week because they did not want to pay overtime.
This is yet another unintended consequence of government interference. Some people, myself many times, would be willing to work past that 40 hours a week and forgo getting paid that time and a half--but that is too bad. I was limited by government regulation on the possible money that I could get paid per pay period.
Employers will always do what they have to to cut costs, and if that means bringing in additional workers and cut hours to prevent them from going into overtime they will.
If you wanted significant overtime hours in a wage job you should have joined a union. Or you could just whine and blame "big government".
Labor is only about 20% for businesses, so prices go up a lot less than wages.
Also get a second job if you cant make it on your first..
FACT: If minimum wage is lowered, more people will be eligible for taxpayer funded benefits and for larger benefits.
FACT: If minimum wage is lowered, more people will be eligible for taxpayer funded benefits and for larger benefits.
That's not a fact.
Labor is only about 20% for businesses, so prices go up a lot less than wages.
Every time you post you only prove that you are utterly ignorant about nearly everything. Labor typically accounts for 70% of the cost of a product.
Many businesses see "Food Stamps" as a "business subsidy". Without food stamps, they would have to cut back on their number of employees. 50% of those on food stamps are children. The majority of those on food stamps are white. The idea that people on food stamps are lazy and don't work is simply one more Republican lie they spew to hurt even their own people Go figure.
I tip 20%, and I'm a consultant who travels on the company dime all the time.
A good bartender can make $30/hr easy.
Bullshit. Every union Job I worked had far less overtime then non union.If you wanted significant overtime hours in a wage job you should have joined a union. Or you could just whine and blame "big government".
Was I talking to you?
FACT: If minimum wage is lowered, more people will be eligible for taxpayer funded benefits and for larger benefits.
That's not a fact.
Labor is only about 20% for businesses, so prices go up a lot less than wages.
Every time you post you only prove that you are utterly ignorant about nearly everything. Labor typically accounts for 70% of the cost of a product.
Would you mind posting a link?
