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   AshburnStadium said, 3 months ago

   And back when Americans could count on a living wage. Think about it – Australia’s minimum wage equals $16.51/hour in US dollars, while our minimum wage is only $7.25/hour. Obama called for it to be raised to $9/hour. We should have seen that done in the 1990s! A living wage these days is at least $15/hour.
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   AshburnStadium said, 3 months ago

   On the other hand, nurses make a good paycheck. Philadelphia cops start at $45,420/year when they graduate from the police academy and max out at $58,989/year.
   Official career website of the Philadelphia Police Department
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   Judson Fredrickson said, 3 months ago

   Right, so, doubling minimum wage for unskilled jobs will have no effect on the price of the goods or services. Apparently you never had Macro Economics in school. If you want to earn more, learn more. College isn’t the only way – lots of trades go unnoticed because they are “white collar”. Many trades pay more than nursing (which is calling, not a job)
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   ghostkeeper said, 3 months ago

   @Judson Fredrickson

   Okay then, so cut the minimum wage, that way employers will be able to hire more people. While we’re at it, get rid of those liberal laws against child employment— hire 8-year-olds to work, pay them pennies, and argue that they’re getting valuable work experience.
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   BigKid said, 3 months ago

   I’m glad I don’t have his mindset.
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   Swiftbow said, 3 months ago

   @ghostkeeper

   Yeah, that’s not a facetious argument at all.

   Minimum wage jobs typically go to teenage workers getting their first (or second) job ever. They don’t pay a “living wage” because the person isn’t living off it. Raising the minimum wage reduces the number of jobs available for unskilled workers, who therefore never get early job experience, and thus become less likely to be hired to better paying jobs later.
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   foofinho said, 3 months ago

   Perhaps there should be two minimum wages. One for 15-18 year olds and one for Adults.
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   Monkeyhead said, 3 months ago

   Here’s a sad fact. No where in the US is there an area where a 1 bedroom apt is affordable to a minimum wage full time employee, they all cost more than 30% of their wages.
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   DDS029 said, 3 months ago

   Why does it take the Government to demand a fair wage for workers anyway? Is there no heart left in anyone anymore?
   My wife’s responsibilities goes up month after month, yet the last time she got a raise Clinton was president. Which is ironic since the owner is a staunch republican. I’ve always said, "I don’t care how much money someone has, as long as the people who got them there, get a fair share for doing so.
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    StoicLion said, 3 months ago

    @Judson Fredrickson

    Your post is another example of why LIKE should be a option for comments.
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    Dani Rice said, 3 months ago

    In the 1950s, a person could actually make ends meet on minimum wage. We’ve had lots of political changes since then, so we can’t blame it on any one administration, but minimum wages have NOT kept up with inflation.
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    david_42 said, 3 months ago

    Obama is also proposing pegging the minimum to the CLI. That worked really well back in the ‘70s when Armed Forces retirement was pegged, but their active duty salaries weren’t.
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    Charles Smith said, 3 months ago

    @AshburnStadium

    And when that doesn’t work, what will you call for next?
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    Charles Smith said, 3 months ago

    @ghostkeeper

    It’s called reductio ad absurdum. But when you’re the absurdum, there is no reductio.
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    Ali Saleh said, 3 months ago

    Because he is up to his ears in debt.
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