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Minimum wage workers use their money to pay for college, a car or other transportation. Their wage used to foot the bill...it no longer doesSo you have no problem raising the minimum wage since it affects so fewIn 2016, 79.9 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates, representing 58.7 percent of all wage and salary workers.
Among those paid by the hour, 701,000 workers earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
About 1.5 million had wages below the federal minimum.
Together, these 2.2 million workers with wages at or below the federal minimum made up 2.7 percent of all hourly paid workers.
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Now WHAT was the average hourly wage in August 2018?
August 2018 $27.16 per hour. Up from August 2017 of $26.39
The range of AVERAGE hourly rate also depends on the Industry... The highest hourly rate is the Utilities in August 2017 was $38.50 In August 2018 $40.86
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted
So the major point from these FACTs is: It depends on your skill set and with less that 2.2 million working at minimum or less than I'd bet these people were
A) NOT skilled. B) Probably never had a job.
In fact the actually breakdown is this: Age.
Minimum wage workers tend to be young. Although workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers,
they made up about half of those paid the federal minimum wage or less.
Among employed teenagers (ages 16 to 19) paid by the hour, about 10 percent earned the minimum wage or less, compared with about 2 percent of workers age 25 and older. (See tables 1 and 7.)
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
So with less than 3% of the hourly work force being under age 25 or unskilled, people are all wanting the minimum wage to be raised for workers that either never worked before
or had no skill sets. Just plain economic stupidity on you people!
Minimal impact
Why did you say it would have minimal impact? Remember SKILLED people get paid more because they are SKILLED.
So why should UNSKILLED people get paid more JUST because it makes people "feel" good?
Actually what will happen will be this:
More Flippy robots will be introduced at CaliBurgers next year, with the aim of installing them in 50 of their restaurants worldwide by the end of 2019.
CaliBurger say the benefits include making “food faster, safer and with fewer errors”.
Burger-flipping robot replaces humans on first day at work
So we are debating then in raising the minimum wage to $15.00 for those 1.15 million that truly don't have to earn a living to survive.
They buy tennis shoes, music... not food or shelter.
Q3. The types of jobs these 3.3 million are entry level, very little skills and fundamentally require the
employee to A. Be on the job.....B. Be on the job on time.......C. Be able to read/write.
So can these people be replaced by robots/kiosks?
A3. YES... if the costs of operating robots/kiosks are less then $15.00!
So looking at the below standard operating costs of a restaurant with over 30% of expenses being
salaries,wages and employee benefits what would an owner of the restaurant do if the salaries,wages and benefits jumped to say 50%?
GO OUT OF BUSINESS! or let the lower level employees go and replace with robots/kiosks.
Don't need a waiter to take an order or deliver the food.
Robots are already working in fast-food restaurants — here's exactly what they're doing right now
Robots are already working in fast-food restaurants — here's exactly what they're doing right now
So actually I have no problem with these robots replacing the unskilled teenagers.
There is no need for a minimum wage. Be it local or Federal
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Because I used to make $2 an hourWe saw what happened when we slashed taxes on the wealthy and trusted them to raise wages accordinglyYes ... Let's just trust our lives to the politicians and bureaucrats.... Their. track record of success is impeccable.
We rely on government to regulate labor safety, a 40 hour week, child labor, anti discrimination laws, collective bargaining
When we left Capitalists to their own means, they hired thugs with clubs ab$ chains to beat protesting workers
Anyone making $13 bucks an hour today who wants a $15 dollar minimum wage is a fucking idiot and don't know math or economics ...plus why the fuck would they want to make minimum wage?
.
You really don’t understand minimum wage, do you?
Explain to me why people with NO WORK experience or skills deserve $15.00/hour?
More importantly I bet you don't know how many people fit into that category do you?
I used the money to pay for college, buy a car, get started in life
It would take $15 an hour to do the same today
There is no need for a minimum wage. Be it local or Federal
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Feds have an interest in min wage because welfare type programs are mostly federally backed .
In short , the taxpayer must subsidize company employees so they have enough to meet min living standards .
There is no need for a minimum wage. Be it local or Federal
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Feds have an interest in min wage because welfare type programs are mostly federally backed .
In short , the taxpayer must subsidize company employees so they have enough to meet min living standards .
No it's the other way around the company's subsidize the US welfare program , get rid of the welfare for people that have a job . The company's would have no choice but to raise wages .
BSBecause I used to make $2 an hourWe saw what happened when we slashed taxes on the wealthy and trusted them to raise wages accordingly
We rely on government to regulate labor safety, a 40 hour week, child labor, anti discrimination laws, collective bargaining
When we left Capitalists to their own means, they hired thugs with clubs ab$ chains to beat protesting workers
Anyone making $13 bucks an hour today who wants a $15 dollar minimum wage is a fucking idiot and don't know math or economics ...plus why the fuck would they want to make minimum wage?
.
You really don’t understand minimum wage, do you?
Explain to me why people with NO WORK experience or skills deserve $15.00/hour?
More importantly I bet you don't know how many people fit into that category do you?
I used the money to pay for college, buy a car, get started in life
It would take $15 an hour to do the same today
Their used to be not 20 million illegal in this country also when you worked, are exports were way higher then are imports when you worked for $2 bucks an hour, way more women in the workplace today then you first worked
.
Minimum wage has always been a deterrent for FAIR pay for work performed. While an entry level worker gets into the job market, he has no skills or education for said job, while someone who has been there 2 or three years has both knowledge and experience for what is required for profit. But with minimum wage, it doesn't allow for this, so liberal employers keep both entry and 2 year workers at the same wages, because it is federally mandated, thus the 2 year vet FEELS resentment for the new guy. I know because while I was a short order chef, and knew the whole kitchen, when minimum, wage was increased, yeah, I got a 15 cent raise, but every new guy was paid the same as me. That was when I learned to not be a minimum wage liberal victim but got skills that enabled me to move to a better paying job.....
ME TOO! I worked in a predecessor of McDonalds in 1961 - 1962 and my hourly wage was $2.00. And I was the boss' nephew!
When I made $2 an hour, I could buy seven gallons of gas for an hours wage. Today’s minimum wage worker would have to make $20 an hour for the same buying powerMinimum wage has always been a deterrent for FAIR pay for work performed. While an entry level worker gets into the job market, he has no skills or education for said job, while someone who has been there 2 or three years has both knowledge and experience for what is required for profit. But with minimum wage, it doesn't allow for this, so liberal employers keep both entry and 2 year workers at the same wages, because it is federally mandated, thus the 2 year vet FEELS resentment for the new guy. I know because while I was a short order chef, and knew the whole kitchen, when minimum, wage was increased, yeah, I got a 15 cent raise, but every new guy was paid the same as me. That was when I learned to not be a minimum wage liberal victim but got skills that enabled me to move to a better paying job.....
ME TOO! I worked in a predecessor of McDonalds in 1961 - 1962 and my hourly wage was $2.00. And I was the boss' nephew!
Which factored for inflation is $16.55 today.
Have you read about "turn of the previous century, Iron Mill towns", before 1929?There is no need for a minimum wage. Be it local or Federal
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Feds have an interest in min wage because welfare type programs are mostly federally backed .
In short , the taxpayer must subsidize company employees so they have enough to meet min living standards .
No it's the other way around the company's subsidize the US welfare program , get rid of the welfare for people that have a job . The company's would have no choice but to raise wages .
When I made $2 an hour, I could buy seven gallons of gas for an hours wage. Today’s minimum wage worker would have to make $20 an hour for the same buying powerMinimum wage has always been a deterrent for FAIR pay for work performed. While an entry level worker gets into the job market, he has no skills or education for said job, while someone who has been there 2 or three years has both knowledge and experience for what is required for profit. But with minimum wage, it doesn't allow for this, so liberal employers keep both entry and 2 year workers at the same wages, because it is federally mandated, thus the 2 year vet FEELS resentment for the new guy. I know because while I was a short order chef, and knew the whole kitchen, when minimum, wage was increased, yeah, I got a 15 cent raise, but every new guy was paid the same as me. That was when I learned to not be a minimum wage liberal victim but got skills that enabled me to move to a better paying job.....
ME TOO! I worked in a predecessor of McDonalds in 1961 - 1962 and my hourly wage was $2.00. And I was the boss' nephew!
Which factored for inflation is $16.55 today.
Minimum wage workers gotta drive too
higher paid labor pays more in taxes and creates more in demand; allegedly low tax red States have further to go regarding infrastructure.When I made $2 an hour, I could buy seven gallons of gas for an hours wage. Today’s minimum wage worker would have to make $20 an hour for the same buying powerMinimum wage has always been a deterrent for FAIR pay for work performed. While an entry level worker gets into the job market, he has no skills or education for said job, while someone who has been there 2 or three years has both knowledge and experience for what is required for profit. But with minimum wage, it doesn't allow for this, so liberal employers keep both entry and 2 year workers at the same wages, because it is federally mandated, thus the 2 year vet FEELS resentment for the new guy. I know because while I was a short order chef, and knew the whole kitchen, when minimum, wage was increased, yeah, I got a 15 cent raise, but every new guy was paid the same as me. That was when I learned to not be a minimum wage liberal victim but got skills that enabled me to move to a better paying job.....
ME TOO! I worked in a predecessor of McDonalds in 1961 - 1962 and my hourly wage was $2.00. And I was the boss' nephew!
Which factored for inflation is $16.55 today.
Minimum wage workers gotta drive too
OK... Let's talk about that.
In 2016, 79.9 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates,
AGAIN with Together, these 2.2 million workers with wages at or below the federal minimum made up 2.7 percent of all hourly paid workers.
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minimum wage workers tend to be young.
Although workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers, they made up about half of those paid the federal minimum wage or less.
Among employed teenagers (ages 16 to 19) paid by the hour, about 10 percent earned the minimum wage or less,
compared with about 2 percent of workers age 25 and older. (See tables 1 and 7.)
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1/5th of the 79 million hourly wage workers are 16 to 19 or 8 million.
So 10% of the 8 million or 800,000 are under age 25 and make minimum wage. 16 to 25 year olds. 800,000.
And you are concerned about "gas money"?
Some 55% of 18-24-year-olds live in their parents’ home, reports the Census Bureau in a recent data release, down slightly from a peak of 56% in 2012, but up from 50% in 2001.
The Majority of 18-24-Year-Olds Live in Their Parents' Home, As Do 1 in 6 Older Millennials - Marketing Charts
So they nearly 500,000 don't have to pay rent, buy food, pay for utilities, etc. and YOU are concerned about their "gas money"???
See the problem with people like you is YOU don't deal with reality!
The reality is less than 2.2 million people over half under age 25 with over half living at home and YOU want to increase minimum wage for that?
AGAIN I have NO problem with Amazon paying $15.00/ hr and ANY other organization.
I have a BIG problem when people like you want across the board, in EVERY STATE MS with 87% of cost of standard living to NYC with 150% and you want BOTH states
to pay per federal law $15.00? WHY? Less than 550,000 people are affected and YET you want FEDERAL LAWS!
Why can't you accept the diversity of America? Why must EVERYONE think like YOU? Truly an Un-American truly responsible attitude!
that cost of living adjustment simply helps labor keep up with prices.For 15 am hour the company doesn't expect much production. Businesses that start at 15 dollars per hour aren't interested in finding good workers.They want and expect constant turnover which actually helps the co.pany.
Yes, minimum wage workers tend to be youngWhen I made $2 an hour, I could buy seven gallons of gas for an hours wage. Today’s minimum wage worker would have to make $20 an hour for the same buying powerMinimum wage has always been a deterrent for FAIR pay for work performed. While an entry level worker gets into the job market, he has no skills or education for said job, while someone who has been there 2 or three years has both knowledge and experience for what is required for profit. But with minimum wage, it doesn't allow for this, so liberal employers keep both entry and 2 year workers at the same wages, because it is federally mandated, thus the 2 year vet FEELS resentment for the new guy. I know because while I was a short order chef, and knew the whole kitchen, when minimum, wage was increased, yeah, I got a 15 cent raise, but every new guy was paid the same as me. That was when I learned to not be a minimum wage liberal victim but got skills that enabled me to move to a better paying job.....
ME TOO! I worked in a predecessor of McDonalds in 1961 - 1962 and my hourly wage was $2.00. And I was the boss' nephew!
Which factored for inflation is $16.55 today.
Minimum wage workers gotta drive too
OK... Let's talk about that.
In 2016, 79.9 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates,
AGAIN with Together, these 2.2 million workers with wages at or below the federal minimum made up 2.7 percent of all hourly paid workers.
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minimum wage workers tend to be young.
Although workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers, they made up about half of those paid the federal minimum wage or less.
Among employed teenagers (ages 16 to 19) paid by the hour, about 10 percent earned the minimum wage or less,
compared with about 2 percent of workers age 25 and older. (See tables 1 and 7.)
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1/5th of the 79 million hourly wage workers are 16 to 19 or 8 million.
So 10% of the 8 million or 800,000 are under age 25 and make minimum wage. 16 to 25 year olds. 800,000.
And you are concerned about "gas money"?
Some 55% of 18-24-year-olds live in their parents’ home, reports the Census Bureau in a recent data release, down slightly from a peak of 56% in 2012, but up from 50% in 2001.
The Majority of 18-24-Year-Olds Live in Their Parents' Home, As Do 1 in 6 Older Millennials - Marketing Charts
So they nearly 500,000 don't have to pay rent, buy food, pay for utilities, etc. and YOU are concerned about their "gas money"???
See the problem with people like you is YOU don't deal with reality!
The reality is less than 2.2 million people over half under age 25 with over half living at home and YOU want to increase minimum wage for that?
AGAIN I have NO problem with Amazon paying $15.00/ hr and ANY other organization.
I have a BIG problem when people like you want across the board, in EVERY STATE MS with 87% of cost of standard living to NYC with 150% and you want BOTH states
to pay per federal law $15.00? WHY? Less than 550,000 people are affected and YET you want FEDERAL LAWS!
Why can't you accept the diversity of America? Why must EVERYONE think like YOU? Truly an Un-American truly responsible attitude!
higher paid labor pays more in taxes and creates more in demand; allegedly low tax red States have further to go regarding infrastructure.When I made $2 an hour, I could buy seven gallons of gas for an hours wage. Today’s minimum wage worker would have to make $20 an hour for the same buying powerMinimum wage has always been a deterrent for FAIR pay for work performed. While an entry level worker gets into the job market, he has no skills or education for said job, while someone who has been there 2 or three years has both knowledge and experience for what is required for profit. But with minimum wage, it doesn't allow for this, so liberal employers keep both entry and 2 year workers at the same wages, because it is federally mandated, thus the 2 year vet FEELS resentment for the new guy. I know because while I was a short order chef, and knew the whole kitchen, when minimum, wage was increased, yeah, I got a 15 cent raise, but every new guy was paid the same as me. That was when I learned to not be a minimum wage liberal victim but got skills that enabled me to move to a better paying job.....
ME TOO! I worked in a predecessor of McDonalds in 1961 - 1962 and my hourly wage was $2.00. And I was the boss' nephew!
Which factored for inflation is $16.55 today.
Minimum wage workers gotta drive too
OK... Let's talk about that.
In 2016, 79.9 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates,
AGAIN with Together, these 2.2 million workers with wages at or below the federal minimum made up 2.7 percent of all hourly paid workers.
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minimum wage workers tend to be young.
Although workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers, they made up about half of those paid the federal minimum wage or less.
Among employed teenagers (ages 16 to 19) paid by the hour, about 10 percent earned the minimum wage or less,
compared with about 2 percent of workers age 25 and older. (See tables 1 and 7.)
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1/5th of the 79 million hourly wage workers are 16 to 19 or 8 million.
So 10% of the 8 million or 800,000 are under age 25 and make minimum wage. 16 to 25 year olds. 800,000.
And you are concerned about "gas money"?
Some 55% of 18-24-year-olds live in their parents’ home, reports the Census Bureau in a recent data release, down slightly from a peak of 56% in 2012, but up from 50% in 2001.
The Majority of 18-24-Year-Olds Live in Their Parents' Home, As Do 1 in 6 Older Millennials - Marketing Charts
So they nearly 500,000 don't have to pay rent, buy food, pay for utilities, etc. and YOU are concerned about their "gas money"???
See the problem with people like you is YOU don't deal with reality!
The reality is less than 2.2 million people over half under age 25 with over half living at home and YOU want to increase minimum wage for that?
AGAIN I have NO problem with Amazon paying $15.00/ hr and ANY other organization.
I have a BIG problem when people like you want across the board, in EVERY STATE MS with 87% of cost of standard living to NYC with 150% and you want BOTH states
to pay per federal law $15.00? WHY? Less than 550,000 people are affected and YET you want FEDERAL LAWS!
Why can't you accept the diversity of America? Why must EVERYONE think like YOU? Truly an Un-American truly responsible attitude!
higher paid labor pays more in taxes and creates more in demand; allegedly low tax red States have further to go regarding infrastructure.When I made $2 an hour, I could buy seven gallons of gas for an hours wage. Today’s minimum wage worker would have to make $20 an hour for the same buying powerMinimum wage has always been a deterrent for FAIR pay for work performed. While an entry level worker gets into the job market, he has no skills or education for said job, while someone who has been there 2 or three years has both knowledge and experience for what is required for profit. But with minimum wage, it doesn't allow for this, so liberal employers keep both entry and 2 year workers at the same wages, because it is federally mandated, thus the 2 year vet FEELS resentment for the new guy. I know because while I was a short order chef, and knew the whole kitchen, when minimum, wage was increased, yeah, I got a 15 cent raise, but every new guy was paid the same as me. That was when I learned to not be a minimum wage liberal victim but got skills that enabled me to move to a better paying job.....
ME TOO! I worked in a predecessor of McDonalds in 1961 - 1962 and my hourly wage was $2.00. And I was the boss' nephew!
Which factored for inflation is $16.55 today.
Minimum wage workers gotta drive too
OK... Let's talk about that.
In 2016, 79.9 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates,
AGAIN with Together, these 2.2 million workers with wages at or below the federal minimum made up 2.7 percent of all hourly paid workers.
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minimum wage workers tend to be young.
Although workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers, they made up about half of those paid the federal minimum wage or less.
Among employed teenagers (ages 16 to 19) paid by the hour, about 10 percent earned the minimum wage or less,
compared with about 2 percent of workers age 25 and older. (See tables 1 and 7.)
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1/5th of the 79 million hourly wage workers are 16 to 19 or 8 million.
So 10% of the 8 million or 800,000 are under age 25 and make minimum wage. 16 to 25 year olds. 800,000.
And you are concerned about "gas money"?
Some 55% of 18-24-year-olds live in their parents’ home, reports the Census Bureau in a recent data release, down slightly from a peak of 56% in 2012, but up from 50% in 2001.
The Majority of 18-24-Year-Olds Live in Their Parents' Home, As Do 1 in 6 Older Millennials - Marketing Charts
So they nearly 500,000 don't have to pay rent, buy food, pay for utilities, etc. and YOU are concerned about their "gas money"???
See the problem with people like you is YOU don't deal with reality!
The reality is less than 2.2 million people over half under age 25 with over half living at home and YOU want to increase minimum wage for that?
AGAIN I have NO problem with Amazon paying $15.00/ hr and ANY other organization.
I have a BIG problem when people like you want across the board, in EVERY STATE MS with 87% of cost of standard living to NYC with 150% and you want BOTH states
to pay per federal law $15.00? WHY? Less than 550,000 people are affected and YET you want FEDERAL LAWS!
Why can't you accept the diversity of America? Why must EVERYONE think like YOU? Truly an Un-American truly responsible attitude!
Yes, minimum wage workers tend to be youngWhen I made $2 an hour, I could buy seven gallons of gas for an hours wage. Today’s minimum wage worker would have to make $20 an hour for the same buying powerMinimum wage has always been a deterrent for FAIR pay for work performed. While an entry level worker gets into the job market, he has no skills or education for said job, while someone who has been there 2 or three years has both knowledge and experience for what is required for profit. But with minimum wage, it doesn't allow for this, so liberal employers keep both entry and 2 year workers at the same wages, because it is federally mandated, thus the 2 year vet FEELS resentment for the new guy. I know because while I was a short order chef, and knew the whole kitchen, when minimum, wage was increased, yeah, I got a 15 cent raise, but every new guy was paid the same as me. That was when I learned to not be a minimum wage liberal victim but got skills that enabled me to move to a better paying job.....
ME TOO! I worked in a predecessor of McDonalds in 1961 - 1962 and my hourly wage was $2.00. And I was the boss' nephew!
Which factored for inflation is $16.55 today.
Minimum wage workers gotta drive too
OK... Let's talk about that.
In 2016, 79.9 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates,
AGAIN with Together, these 2.2 million workers with wages at or below the federal minimum made up 2.7 percent of all hourly paid workers.
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minimum wage workers tend to be young.
Although workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers, they made up about half of those paid the federal minimum wage or less.
Among employed teenagers (ages 16 to 19) paid by the hour, about 10 percent earned the minimum wage or less,
compared with about 2 percent of workers age 25 and older. (See tables 1 and 7.)
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1/5th of the 79 million hourly wage workers are 16 to 19 or 8 million.
So 10% of the 8 million or 800,000 are under age 25 and make minimum wage. 16 to 25 year olds. 800,000.
And you are concerned about "gas money"?
Some 55% of 18-24-year-olds live in their parents’ home, reports the Census Bureau in a recent data release, down slightly from a peak of 56% in 2012, but up from 50% in 2001.
The Majority of 18-24-Year-Olds Live in Their Parents' Home, As Do 1 in 6 Older Millennials - Marketing Charts
So they nearly 500,000 don't have to pay rent, buy food, pay for utilities, etc. and YOU are concerned about their "gas money"???
See the problem with people like you is YOU don't deal with reality!
The reality is less than 2.2 million people over half under age 25 with over half living at home and YOU want to increase minimum wage for that?
AGAIN I have NO problem with Amazon paying $15.00/ hr and ANY other organization.
I have a BIG problem when people like you want across the board, in EVERY STATE MS with 87% of cost of standard living to NYC with 150% and you want BOTH states
to pay per federal law $15.00? WHY? Less than 550,000 people are affected and YET you want FEDERAL LAWS!
Why can't you accept the diversity of America? Why must EVERYONE think like YOU? Truly an Un-American truly responsible attitude!
Doesn’t mean they should be exploited
I worked minimum wage jobs in my teens and early twenties. They were the only jobs available. Even though I lived with my parents, I needed money to pay my way for college. That $2 minimum wage paid for my college just working three months over the summer. I graduated with no debt
Today’s $7.25 wage would take a whole year to pay for college. Because minimum wage is so low, students and parents have to take on debt
that is why we need a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage; so Labor can afford to pay more in taxes and create more in demand.higher paid labor pays more in taxes and creates more in demand; allegedly low tax red States have further to go regarding infrastructure.When I made $2 an hour, I could buy seven gallons of gas for an hours wage. Today’s minimum wage worker would have to make $20 an hour for the same buying powerME TOO! I worked in a predecessor of McDonalds in 1961 - 1962 and my hourly wage was $2.00. And I was the boss' nephew!
Which factored for inflation is $16.55 today.
Minimum wage workers gotta drive too
OK... Let's talk about that.
In 2016, 79.9 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates,
AGAIN with Together, these 2.2 million workers with wages at or below the federal minimum made up 2.7 percent of all hourly paid workers.
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minimum wage workers tend to be young.
Although workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers, they made up about half of those paid the federal minimum wage or less.
Among employed teenagers (ages 16 to 19) paid by the hour, about 10 percent earned the minimum wage or less,
compared with about 2 percent of workers age 25 and older. (See tables 1 and 7.)
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1/5th of the 79 million hourly wage workers are 16 to 19 or 8 million.
So 10% of the 8 million or 800,000 are under age 25 and make minimum wage. 16 to 25 year olds. 800,000.
And you are concerned about "gas money"?
Some 55% of 18-24-year-olds live in their parents’ home, reports the Census Bureau in a recent data release, down slightly from a peak of 56% in 2012, but up from 50% in 2001.
The Majority of 18-24-Year-Olds Live in Their Parents' Home, As Do 1 in 6 Older Millennials - Marketing Charts
So they nearly 500,000 don't have to pay rent, buy food, pay for utilities, etc. and YOU are concerned about their "gas money"???
See the problem with people like you is YOU don't deal with reality!
The reality is less than 2.2 million people over half under age 25 with over half living at home and YOU want to increase minimum wage for that?
AGAIN I have NO problem with Amazon paying $15.00/ hr and ANY other organization.
I have a BIG problem when people like you want across the board, in EVERY STATE MS with 87% of cost of standard living to NYC with 150% and you want BOTH states
to pay per federal law $15.00? WHY? Less than 550,000 people are affected and YET you want FEDERAL LAWS!
Why can't you accept the diversity of America? Why must EVERYONE think like YOU? Truly an Un-American truly responsible attitude!
higher paid labor pays more in taxes and creates more in demand; allegedly low tax red States have further to go regarding infrastructure.When I made $2 an hour, I could buy seven gallons of gas for an hours wage. Today’s minimum wage worker would have to make $20 an hour for the same buying powerME TOO! I worked in a predecessor of McDonalds in 1961 - 1962 and my hourly wage was $2.00. And I was the boss' nephew!
Which factored for inflation is $16.55 today.
Minimum wage workers gotta drive too
OK... Let's talk about that.
In 2016, 79.9 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates,
AGAIN with Together, these 2.2 million workers with wages at or below the federal minimum made up 2.7 percent of all hourly paid workers.
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minimum wage workers tend to be young.
Although workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers, they made up about half of those paid the federal minimum wage or less.
Among employed teenagers (ages 16 to 19) paid by the hour, about 10 percent earned the minimum wage or less,
compared with about 2 percent of workers age 25 and older. (See tables 1 and 7.)
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1/5th of the 79 million hourly wage workers are 16 to 19 or 8 million.
So 10% of the 8 million or 800,000 are under age 25 and make minimum wage. 16 to 25 year olds. 800,000.
And you are concerned about "gas money"?
Some 55% of 18-24-year-olds live in their parents’ home, reports the Census Bureau in a recent data release, down slightly from a peak of 56% in 2012, but up from 50% in 2001.
The Majority of 18-24-Year-Olds Live in Their Parents' Home, As Do 1 in 6 Older Millennials - Marketing Charts
So they nearly 500,000 don't have to pay rent, buy food, pay for utilities, etc. and YOU are concerned about their "gas money"???
See the problem with people like you is YOU don't deal with reality!
The reality is less than 2.2 million people over half under age 25 with over half living at home and YOU want to increase minimum wage for that?
AGAIN I have NO problem with Amazon paying $15.00/ hr and ANY other organization.
I have a BIG problem when people like you want across the board, in EVERY STATE MS with 87% of cost of standard living to NYC with 150% and you want BOTH states
to pay per federal law $15.00? WHY? Less than 550,000 people are affected and YET you want FEDERAL LAWS!
Why can't you accept the diversity of America? Why must EVERYONE think like YOU? Truly an Un-American truly responsible attitude!
So much for that noise blue state bridges are falling down
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They are more expensive because states are contributing less than they did in the 60s and 70sYes, minimum wage workers tend to be youngWhen I made $2 an hour, I could buy seven gallons of gas for an hours wage. Today’s minimum wage worker would have to make $20 an hour for the same buying powerME TOO! I worked in a predecessor of McDonalds in 1961 - 1962 and my hourly wage was $2.00. And I was the boss' nephew!
Which factored for inflation is $16.55 today.
Minimum wage workers gotta drive too
OK... Let's talk about that.
In 2016, 79.9 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates,
AGAIN with Together, these 2.2 million workers with wages at or below the federal minimum made up 2.7 percent of all hourly paid workers.
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minimum wage workers tend to be young.
Although workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers, they made up about half of those paid the federal minimum wage or less.
Among employed teenagers (ages 16 to 19) paid by the hour, about 10 percent earned the minimum wage or less,
compared with about 2 percent of workers age 25 and older. (See tables 1 and 7.)
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2016 : BLS Reports: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1/5th of the 79 million hourly wage workers are 16 to 19 or 8 million.
So 10% of the 8 million or 800,000 are under age 25 and make minimum wage. 16 to 25 year olds. 800,000.
And you are concerned about "gas money"?
Some 55% of 18-24-year-olds live in their parents’ home, reports the Census Bureau in a recent data release, down slightly from a peak of 56% in 2012, but up from 50% in 2001.
The Majority of 18-24-Year-Olds Live in Their Parents' Home, As Do 1 in 6 Older Millennials - Marketing Charts
So they nearly 500,000 don't have to pay rent, buy food, pay for utilities, etc. and YOU are concerned about their "gas money"???
See the problem with people like you is YOU don't deal with reality!
The reality is less than 2.2 million people over half under age 25 with over half living at home and YOU want to increase minimum wage for that?
AGAIN I have NO problem with Amazon paying $15.00/ hr and ANY other organization.
I have a BIG problem when people like you want across the board, in EVERY STATE MS with 87% of cost of standard living to NYC with 150% and you want BOTH states
to pay per federal law $15.00? WHY? Less than 550,000 people are affected and YET you want FEDERAL LAWS!
Why can't you accept the diversity of America? Why must EVERYONE think like YOU? Truly an Un-American truly responsible attitude!
Doesn’t mean they should be exploited
I worked minimum wage jobs in my teens and early twenties. They were the only jobs available. Even though I lived with my parents, I needed money to pay my way for college. That $2 minimum wage paid for my college just working three months over the summer. I graduated with no debt
Today’s $7.25 wage would take a whole year to pay for college. Because minimum wage is so low, students and parents have to take on debt
Given for not even inflation colleges are waaaaayyyy more expensive today , who are you fooling?
