Minimum wage is already “livable”

[Grumblenuts]

Paying minimum around here gets you the worst type of employee.

Or the most desperate for work. And you somehow imagine it different elsewhere?

 

[Grumblenuts]

Anyone can make more than 7.25 an hour.

If you're over the age of 18 and can only get a job that pays 7.25 an hour it's your own fault.

Yes, the minimum wage should at least keep up with inflation.

 

[colfax_m]

I'm saying some unskilled workers don't add that much value in an hour.

How much product gets sold without the unskilled labor?

You’re wrong.

 

[Blues Man]

Yes, the minimum wage should at least keep up with inflation.

I disagree.

 

[rightwinger]

And the valued added still isn't worth $15/hour.

Sure is when your customer base demands those fries and those fries have a huge profit margin.
A profit that is not shared with those making them

 

[Blues Man]

How much product gets sold without the unskilled labor?

You’re wrong.

It doesn't matter.

Unskilled labor is easily replaced.

 

[colfax_m]

It doesn't matter.

Unskilled labor is easily replaced.

Look around. It's no longer easily replaced.

 

[hadit]

Back door subsidies for companies. We taxpayers are supplementing their payrolls..

You're either going to pay taxes for it or pay higher prices. Same result.

 

[Blues Man]

Sure is when your customer base demands those fries and those fries have a huge profit margin.
A profit that is not shared with those making them

If you can teach any moron off the street how to bag French fries in 10 minutes then the labor isn't worth much

 

[Pete7469]

He still has $400 left over for things beyond basics.

Pot's about $400 an ounce now right? At least for the good US grown shit. I reckon you can still get shitweed from mexico for $100.

I've been out ofthe market for a couple decades though.

 

[Blues Man]

Look around. It's no longer easily replaced.

And no one is getting hired for 7.25 right now. In my state a brand new no nothing employee at Mc Ds gets just under $9 an hour

 

[rightwinger]

If you can teach any moron off the street how to bag French fries in 10 minutes then the labor isn't worth much

Yes you can
But that bag of fries costs you 25 cents to make and you charge $2.50
A profit you wouldn’t make without someone to fry them, bag them and ask……Do you want fries with that?

 

[Blues Man]

Yes you can
But that bag of fries costs you 25 cents to make and you charge $2.50
A profit you wouldn’t make without someone to fry them, bag them and ask……Do you want fries with that?

I don't know how much it costs to make fries.

I don't eat that fast food shit.

Bagging fries isn't a skill that will ever pay more than a pittance because anyone can do it.

If that's all you aspire to then accept your lot in life because it's your own fault

 

[colfax_m]

And no one is getting hired for 7.25 right now. In my state a brand new no nothing employee at Mc Ds gets just under $9 an hour

So why do you think that is?

 

[Blues Man]

So why do you think that is?

Don't ask stupid questions.

 

[Pete7469]

If you can teach any moron off the street how to bag French fries in 10 minutes then the labor isn't worth much

You're talking to an assclown that can't bag fries consistently enough that his "labor" is worth $1 an hour. He might be worth "minimum wage" dancing in front of a business with a big sign, but he likely absorbs $.25per post on this forum parroting inane agitprop from Soros.

 

[colfax_m]

Don't ask stupid questions.

I agree it's a stupid question, but I only ask it because you're not getting it.

It's because you can't find someone willing to do that job for $7.25 (assuming your local minimum wage isn't higher).

It's got very little to do with what they contribute to the bottom line and more to do with what is the least amount the owner can get away with paying them.

 

[Pete7469]

Don't ask stupid questions.

Considering the source you can't expect anything but stupidity...

 

[Blues Man]

I agree it's a stupid question, but I only ask it because you're not getting it.

It's because you can't find someone willing to do that job for $7.25 (assuming your local minimum wage isn't higher).

It's got very little to do with what they contribute to the bottom line and more to do with what is the least amount the owner can get away with paying them.

I get it.

You don't seem to.

The market is supporting the higher wage because businesses need people.

It ain't rocket science.

 

[rightwinger]

If that's all you aspire to then accept your lot in life because it's your own fault

Nobody plans on working minimum wage for life. That doesn’t mean they should be exploited while they are.

Lets say that minimum wage worker is In HS and trying to save money for college. Used to be that minimum wage would pay for college.
Now that worker has to take out a loan to subsidize that low wage.
We are asking these low wage workers to go into debt because we refuse to raise minimum wage