 Minimum Wage goes to $5.85 on Tuesday |
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| Minimum Wage goes to $5.85 on Tuesday |
 Jul 23 2007, 08:44 AM
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4989349.html
and the fry dunkers rejoice! |
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Jul 23 2007, 03:02 PM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jul 23 2007, 09:44 AM)  http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4989349.html and the fry dunkers rejoice! as well as just about every student job on campus, which makes me happy for several of my friends. But oh yeah, forgot that raising the minimum will destroy AMUUUUUUUUUUURICA in the most unpatriotic of ways. 
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Jul 23 2007, 03:22 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
eh its about the regular increase i guess. $7.25 still sounds way too high though.
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Jul 23 2007, 05:23 PM
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i still think it should be a state issue
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Jul 23 2007, 05:42 PM
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That would make too much sense. Obviously everyone should have the same minimum wage without regard to cost of living, just because it's the right thing to do.
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Jul 23 2007, 05:49 PM
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This was passed by the state right? Im not sure how the constitution would allow other wise... Through commerce clause? (not that the supreme court would rule something unconstitutional passed under the commerce clause... stupid switch in time)
Either way, capatilism has put the rate at over that for years, so the increase shouldn't effect much. Only the worst of the worst jobs make minimum wage... even walmart pays a couple bucks above minimum wage. -------------------- |
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Jul 23 2007, 06:24 PM
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QUOTE (THECHICKEN @ Jul 23 2007, 06:49 PM) Either way, capatilism has put the rate at over that for years, so the increase shouldn't effect much. Only the worst of the worst jobs make minimum wage... even walmart pays a couple bucks above minimum wage. This is untrue. It depends on your location, as it should. In places like my hometown, minimum wage goes a lot further than in a place like Dallas. -------------------- Spam? Isn't that something poor people eat?
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Jul 23 2007, 06:29 PM
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QUOTE (James @ Jul 23 2007, 07:24 PM) This is untrue. It depends on your location, as it should. In places like my hometown, minimum wage goes a lot further than in a place like Dallas. Actually that was kind of my point, just poorely typed. I was just saying that market economy has decided the level more than anything. In small towns like your's minimum might work, but in most places its "naturally" higher pay because of cost of living... anyway... sleep now -------------------- |
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Jul 23 2007, 06:36 PM
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So it's decided then. This minimum wage will was enacted to make it look like the Democrats were listening to the little people, all the while realizing that the actual minimum wage was not $5.15/hr for the vast majority, so they can get more votes. Brilliant!
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Jul 24 2007, 12:27 PM
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QUOTE (James @ Jul 23 2007, 07:36 PM) So it's decided then. This minimum wage will was enacted to make it look like the Democrats were listening to the little people, all the while realizing that the actual minimum wage was not $5.15/hr for the vast majority, so they can get more votes. Brilliant! Guiness! BRILLIANT! --------------------  |
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Jul 24 2007, 12:34 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
you cant make it a state issue. what happens to businesses when minimum wage is $5 in tx and $10 in new york? there would be chaos.
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Jul 24 2007, 01:03 PM
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QUOTE (impala454 @ Jul 24 2007, 01:34 PM) you cant make it a state issue. what happens to businesses when minimum wage is $5 in tx and $10 in new york? there would be chaos. I'm not sure about that... I think the market would correct itself. What we are bound to see nationwide now is the people who didn't notice an increase in wage (those who were making above minimum wage, like $9), demanding more pay on the account that the people below them are getting more. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Jul 24 2007, 01:17 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
i think making it a state issue would do nothing more than skyrocket inflation.
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Jul 24 2007, 01:40 PM
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wouldn't it be similar to states who have a minimum wage higher than the national level? eg (5.85 in TX and 7.15 in NY)?
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Jul 24 2007, 01:58 PM
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QUOTE (impala454 @ Jul 24 2007, 01:34 PM) you cant make it a state issue. what happens to businesses when minimum wage is $5 in tx and $10 in new york? there would be chaos. not necessarily...it's just adjustment for cost of living. the dude who lives in san jose that does the exact same job I do makes 20 grand more and has less experience. that is true for the company as a whole. still, that money goes further in dallas than silicon valley so they would rather move here and receive a pay cut. that said...when I was sacking groceries at Homeland super market, minimum wage was $3.25 **waves cane** |
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