Thread: "Minimum Wage" Is Irrelevant
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Old 01-04-2007, 05:53 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jefferson View Post
I'm perfectly fine with that.

My whole point is that when there are jobs that pay $8 - $10 per hour TO START, minimum wage is irrelevant. And there are, by the way, those $8 - $10 per hour jobs EVERYWHERE.

Anywhooo... I'm glad to know you're going to college to better your "lot in life". Seriously. That speaks volumes about your character!

Minimum wage is also set by each state. In Iowa restuarants for instance can get away with paying less than $4.00 an hour. If federal law does not have a wage increase that effects the state minimum wage laws. It would be of no effect.

Not everyone has a mom or dad to live with or another friend or family member. It is not just alien family stacking in housing and living in garages, it is American families.

On the other hand increasing wages does no good without tax reform. Many small businesses could pay their employees more if their ta and insurance bills went down.

How do I know this I used to have forty employees. I quit the business after these cost went to high and my employees paychecks did not increase.

If a small business enterprise employer can give wage increases without the excessive cost of taxes and insurance, many would gladly give their employees pay raises.

Minimum wage will always be relevant as long as people suffer from greed. $8 an hour was a standard for broom pushers in 1992. Been there done that.

Excuse any typos, I used to have a secretary who typed my correspondences.