They should raise the minimum wage to $31 an hour (neighborhood, high school)

[the topper]

They should raise the minimum wage to $31 an hour in California by 2018 and raise the standard of living and guard against the high cost of housing/rent in big cities in state. I even think all major businesses can afford it by putting the cap on middle man and the salary of executives. They should rein in the cost of management and spend the money on employees. So whatever job you take or like should not be a burden to you. Forget $15 an hour and raise it to over $30 and everyone can afford it if they manage their businesses right. What do you think?

[JustMike77]

I think that flights to Moscow leave on the quarter hour. Don't be late.

[bodyforlife99]

I think you should conclude your post with "I'll be here all week...make sure you tip the cocktail waitresses"

[Anika783]

Yes, they should. They should also raise taxes up to 90% again. On another note, will you be paying your neighborhood boy $31 an hour to mow your lawn?

[ground_pounder]

LOL already complaining for another minimum wage hike!! sure why not business will either go out or go fully automated because they can't afford to pay the minimum wage or they just plain don't want to. that being said to make up for paying you 31.00 an HR minimum wage everything else will go up!! why don't people further there education to better themselves to make more money since minimum wage wasn't ment to raise a family on

[Kaphawoman]

Originally Posted by Anika783

Yes, they should. They should also raise taxes up to 90% again. On another note, will you be paying your neighborhood boy $31 an hour to mow your lawn?

We're in a drought. No one can have a lawn.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by Kaphawoman

We're in a drought. No one can have a lawn.

True, so will you pay $31.00 an hour to have the weeds which grow even in a drought pulled?

Maybe pay every waitress $31.00 and hour and tip them 15% or more as well?
Ditto Box boys/girls at the market. Parking attendants at municipal garages that have not converted to pay stations or meters, the public employees at the DNV, Bank tellers and .... well the list would be quite long and prices would .....................

[usayit]

Originally Posted by the topper

They should raise the minimum wage to $31 an hour in California by 2018 and raise the standard of living and guard against the high cost of housing/rent in big cities in state. I even think all major businesses can afford it by putting the cap on middle man and the salary of executives. They should rein in the cost of management and spend the money on employees. So whatever job you take or like should not be a burden to you. Forget $15 an hour and raise it to over $30 and everyone can afford it if they manage their businesses right. What do you think?

You are confusing minimum wage with the concept of living wage.... Minimum wage does not take into consideration any measurement of things like cost of living nor inflation. While the concept of living wages do. We have no laws for living wages.

[payutenyodagimas]

Originally Posted by usayit

You are confusing minimum wage with the concept of living wage.... Minimum wage does not take into consideration any measurement of things like cost of living nor inflation. While the concept of living wages do. We have no laws for living wages.

whether living wage or minimum wage, doesn't matter. econ 101 says that prices will go up to negate the increase of minimum or living wage. what people should be aiming is not to stay at the minimum wage because whether it is $100.00/hr, inflation will surely eat that increase.

[usayit]

Originally Posted by payutenyodagimas

whether living wage or minimum wage, doesn't matter. econ 101 says that prices will go up to negate the increase of minimum or living wage. what people should be aiming is not to stay at the minimum wage because whether it is $100.00/hr, inflation will surely eat that increase.

Let say it costs $100 per day for an individual to show up to work clothed, cleaned, healthy and able. Minimum wages only pay $58 and that individual must "take" from government assistance (tax dollars) in order to keep showing up to work clothed cleaned, healthy, and able. Then that business is essentially passing the cost of $42 a day to the tax payers.

I have a problem with that. IMO, this hypothetical business shouldn't be in business because it can no longer afford to operate.

It goes both ways... Market decides if the job is worth 7.25 an hour AND the market should decide (without tax dollars influence) what person is worth $7.25 an hour. If the person is worth 7.25 an hour and that equates to a lazy high school kid or a homeless person off the street, then that is exactly what the business should employ. Critics of the concept of living wages seem to forget the other side of market driven labor.

My point is that living and minimum wages have different concepts on where it is applied and measurements/calculations that are involved. Minimum wages are generally set by decree of a bunch of politicians in a room.... there is no requirement to have it derived from some sort of calculation.