Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Go to fast food restaurant chains now and take note of the "kiosks" that are being installed so that fewer workers will be behind the counter. Yes, wages will be higher for minimum wage jobs...but there will be far fewer of those jobs to be had.
Liberals were told that would be the result of imposing a much higher minimum wage but they did it anyways. Good luck finding entry level jobs for your kids now...you know...the ones that teach them to be responsible?
So your view of America is that we are doomed to become a low wage country with ongoing and increasing gaps between the rich and poor.
My view of America is that whenever government tries to impose artificially high wages all that results is higher prices for goods and services. Raise wages all you want but be intelligent enough to understand the results.
I don't know where you're from, but $15.00 an hour is not a high wage.
Too bad you don't understand running a small business…Those kiosks will come even if minimum wage stays at $7.25Hey, stupid. He had links to why they aren't going to pay more for minimal labor in fast food. Enjoy talking to your kiosk as the person that used to do that job is now unemployed because you decided they are worth $15 an hour.Not to worry, cellblock, you can always find work in your career as fast food server.
The fact of the matter remains that the customer will pay more in order to help the fast food server earn more.
most people with common sense know that an agreed upon age of majority is a necessitynot for adults it isn'tFor you people who demand a free market,
how about we legalize teenage prostitution? There's a big market for that.
WHy don't we stick to adults? SInce that's what those of us with any common sense are talking about
Okay so with that you ADMIT that a free market is a terrible idea.
Imposing government age regulations on the markets is an infringement on the 'free market'.
A minimum age for work is no different than a minimum dollar value for wages.
yes every time a business raises prices it's because the owners are greedy it has nothing to do with covering rising operating costsYou mean greedy owners will be offsetting wage increases with higher prices ?
No one could have expected this obvious result.....
Lol
no libertarian wants teen prostitution legalizedLibertarians agreeThat would be a progressive policy. Legalized drugs and prostitution. Just one more way to subordinate the family.For you people who demand a free market,
how about we legalize teenage prostitution? There's a big market for that.
so now it's the employer's responsibility to make sure you can afford college?You need to research why the cost of secondary education has gotten so high. You will find that low wages did not cause the increase.Yes, without them, millions of teenagers find it difficult to break into the job market.and you think that will have no impact
again are you high?
Low wages have an impact on tens of millions of families
I earned a $2.10 minimum wage on which I was able to pay for college by just working summers
Now, American families have to go into debt to send their kids to college. That debt is a direct result of low wages paid to college aged workers. Businesses make more profit off of low wage workers and American families make up the difference
Irrelevant
If I make a $7.25 salary to pay for college, I make $4,000 over a summer
If I make $15 an hour, I make $8000 ...not enough to pay for college, but close
The difference is the amount of money that must be borrowed. Conservative whimper about the impact raising minimum wage has on business while they mock the impact it has on workers
Many companies are able to do just fine paying their lowest level employees minimum wage or better.
My advice to the crybaby companies? Take some lessons from those successful companies.
You clearly know nothing about small businesses that are barely keeping their doors open. This is enough to destroy them.
At the very least, some will lose their jobs.
Small businesses made $4 trillion in the last eight years, they did not pass that on to their workers
MW is the standard wageFigure that one out by yourself?Not everyone can go to college. Not everyone should go to college.You need to research why the cost of secondary education has gotten so high. You will find that low wages did not cause the increase.Yes, without them, millions of teenagers find it difficult to break into the job market.
I earned a $2.10 minimum wage on which I was able to pay for college by just working summers
Now, American families have to go into debt to send their kids to college. That debt is a direct result of low wages paid to college aged workers. Businesses make more profit off of low wage workers and American families make up the difference
Irrelevant
If I make a $7.25 salary to pay for college, I make $4,000 over a summer
If I make $15 an hour, I make $8000 ...not enough to pay for college, but close
The difference is the amount of money that must be borrowed. Conservative whimper about the impact raising minimum wage has on business while they mock the impact it has on workers
People rely on minimum wages to live on and provide essentials....no excuse to pay them substandard wages
so?An employer makes a profit off of every workerSome jobs are not worth paying someone $7.25 an hour, like stocking shelves and flipping burgers…Why of course not....we are not Robin HoodShould we confiscate their wealth and distribute it to their employees?You clearly know nothing about small businesses that are barely keeping their doors open. This is enough to destroy them.
At the very least, some will lose their jobs.
Small businesses made $4 trillion in the last eight years, they did not pass that on to their workers
But we should stop making excuses that they can not pay over $7.25 an hour
Even those stocking shelves
Like you?It is when you are crying povertyWhatever profits a business makes it's no one else's business but the owner/owners…You clearly know nothing about small businesses that are barely keeping their doors open. This is enough to destroy them.
At the very least, some will lose their jobs.
Small businesses made $4 trillion in the last eight years, they did not pass that on to their workers
No one starts a business just to hire people... you dumb fucker
What the fuck are you babbling about?
Small business hires workers to make a profit off of them. They can't claim they can't pay a higher wage than they did eight years ago when they saw 4 trillion in profit over those eight years
because they will be cheaper than employees even at 7.25 an hourThose kiosks will come even if minimum wage stays at $7.25Hey, stupid. He had links to why they aren't going to pay more for minimal labor in fast food. Enjoy talking to your kiosk as the person that used to do that job is now unemployed because you decided they are worth $15 an hour.Not to worry, cellblock, you can always find work in your career as fast food server.
The fact of the matter remains that the customer will pay more in order to help the fast food server earn more.
because they will be cheaper than employees even at 7.25 an hourThose kiosks will come even if minimum wage stays at $7.25Hey, stupid. He had links to why they aren't going to pay more for minimal labor in fast food. Enjoy talking to your kiosk as the person that used to do that job is now unemployed because you decided they are worth $15 an hour.Not to worry, cellblock, you can always find work in your career as fast food server.
The fact of the matter remains that the customer will pay more in order to help the fast food server earn more.
so?An employer makes a profit off of every workerSome jobs are not worth paying someone $7.25 an hour, like stocking shelves and flipping burgers…Why of course not....we are not Robin HoodShould we confiscate their wealth and distribute it to their employees?Small businesses made $4 trillion in the last eight years, they did not pass that on to their workers
But we should stop making excuses that they can not pay over $7.25 an hour
Even those stocking shelves
If the employee doesn't like the price his employer pays for his labor he can find another employer who will pay him more or he can make his labor more valuable so as to be able to get a higher price for it
I never said they were caused by higher wagesbecause they will be cheaper than employees even at 7.25 an hourThose kiosks will come even if minimum wage stays at $7.25Hey, stupid. He had links to why they aren't going to pay more for minimal labor in fast food. Enjoy talking to your kiosk as the person that used to do that job is now unemployed because you decided they are worth $15 an hour.Not to worry, cellblock, you can always find work in your career as fast food server.
The fact of the matter remains that the customer will pay more in order to help the fast food server earn more.
So you admit that these claims that automation is being cause by higher minimum wages are horseshit.
the real world unlike youso?An employer makes a profit off of every workerSome jobs are not worth paying someone $7.25 an hour, like stocking shelves and flipping burgers…Why of course not....we are not Robin HoodShould we confiscate their wealth and distribute it to their employees?
But we should stop making excuses that they can not pay over $7.25 an hour
Even those stocking shelves
If the employee doesn't like the price his employer pays for his labor he can find another employer who will pay him more or he can make his labor more valuable so as to be able to get a higher price for it
What world do you live in?
Explain why kiosks exist NOW......even with MW rates that haven't risen in eight yearsToo bad you don't understand running a small business…Those kiosks will come even if minimum wage stays at $7.25Hey, stupid. He had links to why they aren't going to pay more for minimal labor in fast food. Enjoy talking to your kiosk as the person that used to do that job is now unemployed because you decided they are worth $15 an hour.Not to worry, cellblock, you can always find work in your career as fast food server.
The fact of the matter remains that the customer will pay more in order to help the fast food server earn more.
so?An employer makes a profit off of every workerSome jobs are not worth paying someone $7.25 an hour, like stocking shelves and flipping burgers…Why of course not....we are not Robin HoodShould we confiscate their wealth and distribute it to their employees?Small businesses made $4 trillion in the last eight years, they did not pass that on to their workers
But we should stop making excuses that they can not pay over $7.25 an hour
Even those stocking shelves
If the employee doesn't like the price his employer pays for his labor he can find another employer who will pay him more or he can make his labor more valuable so as to be able to get a higher price for it
You say it is underpaid? What authority do you have to make that claim?so?An employer makes a profit off of every workerSome jobs are not worth paying someone $7.25 an hour, like stocking shelves and flipping burgers…Why of course not....we are not Robin HoodShould we confiscate their wealth and distribute it to their employees?
But we should stop making excuses that they can not pay over $7.25 an hour
Even those stocking shelves
If the employee doesn't like the price his employer pays for his labor he can find another employer who will pay him more or he can make his labor more valuable so as to be able to get a higher price for it
An employee leaves a minimum wage position...someone moves into it
That position is still underpaid
Exactly....so threatening that employees will be replaced if they don't agree to low wages is nonsensebecause they will be cheaper than employees even at 7.25 an hourThose kiosks will come even if minimum wage stays at $7.25Hey, stupid. He had links to why they aren't going to pay more for minimal labor in fast food. Enjoy talking to your kiosk as the person that used to do that job is now unemployed because you decided they are worth $15 an hour.Not to worry, cellblock, you can always find work in your career as fast food server.
The fact of the matter remains that the customer will pay more in order to help the fast food server earn more.
Both people performing that job are being exploitedYou say it is underpaid? What authority do you have to make that claim?so?An employer makes a profit off of every workerSome jobs are not worth paying someone $7.25 an hour, like stocking shelves and flipping burgers…Why of course not....we are not Robin Hood
But we should stop making excuses that they can not pay over $7.25 an hour
Even those stocking shelves
If the employee doesn't like the price his employer pays for his labor he can find another employer who will pay him more or he can make his labor more valuable so as to be able to get a higher price for it
An employee leaves a minimum wage position...someone moves into it
That position is still underpaid
But for the sake of argument, let's say you are correct... It served its purpose. The person made an honest living and moved on to better himself. The person employing them had to fill the position and may have had to increase the wage to fill it. The person taking the job is making an honest living and is free to move on to something better and the cycle can repeat itself over and over.
I don't see the problem. What is the problem?
