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That works for the McMansion six figure income cubicle drones living in Cary, but doesn't work as well for the Franklin County folks North of them.
Oh, and backwoods Franklin county costs more in property taxes (within city limits) than Wake County where Research Triangle Park is located, because corporations are paying the tax there. A $15/hr minimum wage will mean a lot more towns getting incorporated by the county.
Well, there will be less EMT's, and other skilled jobs like this.
Why? B/c being an EMT is stressful and requires training, education, etc. That is rewarded in making almost double what a minimum wage worker makes. So to keep wages relative, you would need to raise that EMT wage to ~$28 / hour. That won't happen. So people lose the incentive of going through more education, taking on higher stress, etc. when they would just make the same amount of money flipping burgers.
(EMT may not be the best example, b/c some are drawn by the good nature of the job).
Well, there will be less EMT's, and other skilled jobs like this.
Why? B/c being an EMT is stressful and requires training, education, etc. That is rewarded in making almost double what a minimum wage worker makes. So to keep wages relative, you would need to raise that EMT wage to ~$28 / hour. That won't happen. So people lose the incentive of going through more education, taking on higher stress, etc. when they would just make the same amount of money flipping burgers.
(EMT may not be the best example, b/c some are drawn by the good nature of the job).
EMTs are paid too little now for the type of high stress work they do. I use to work with a guy when I was a valet who use to be an EMT and made more money and less stress parking cars and moving people's bags.
Minimum wage should either be eliminated, or set to a level seen during the Reagan years, and allowed to aufitomatically increase with inflation.
And yes, it'd need to be increased now to reach the level of the early 80s.
I have no problem with an increase, but it should be at the state of local level. The cost of living in one locale, as we know, can be 2 or even 3 times higher than another. We also have to remember, and too many can't get this in their heads: a min wage is not supposed to be a living wage. It is for first time workers and those who just want a second part time job.
If the minimum wage goes up, those workers will have to expect either working harder to earn their keep or be laid off. And customers will have to deal with longer waits in line for their purchases. With cashiers, there will be less of them in the long run as businesses implement more self-checkout lines.
You have no idea how economics works, do you?
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