Connecticut becomes first state to pass $10.10 minimum wage (good news, claim, rates)

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

but meanwhile you liberals are joyous when the military soldiers only gets a 1% raise

hypocrite

I see you are choosing to make things up, who is joyous over soldiers getting a 1% raise? Obviously you think they should get a much larger chunk of American tax dollars.

[KUchief25]

Just making it harder and harder for hi skool kids or old folks who want to supplement their income with a part time job to find one and the folks who got that huge bump in pay will start beeching because they will have work even harder to make up the difference of having less employees to help them out. Hey good for them. lol

[Egbert]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

a junky raise??

if you are earning $14 dollars an hour a 2% raise is a quarter (28 cents t be exact)

meanwhile you guys keep spouting that inflation is nearly flat

Inflation is in fact flat. It has been hovering between 1-2.5% for a while.

[Three Wolves In Snow]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

So if it happens little by little and we have raised minimum wage, we should be up to 75% unemployed these days.

Keep watching. Add in to that this Ocare mess, you just keep watching.

I'm sure, however, that when you do see it, you'll just keep on blaming the elite rich 1%ers, because it's easier to blame someone else than yourself for voting unwisely.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

So if it happens little by little and we have raised minimum wage, we should be up to 75% unemployed these days.

Only if the labor participation rate stayed the same.
It's shrinking instead.

And 75%..lol. Exaggerate much ?

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by Three Wolves In Snow

Keep watching. Add in to that this Ocare mess, you just keep watching.

I'm sure, however, that when you do see it, you'll just keep on blaming the elite rich 1%ers, because it's easier to blame someone else than yourself for voting unwisely.

I am watching, you guys say this every time minimum wage goes up and nothing happens. So when is this gonna actually happen? Also, what does people having better access have to do with minimum wage?

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Only if the labor participation rate stayed the same.
It's shrinking instead.

And 75%..lol. Exaggerate much ?

Yes, that was an exaggeration, I figured that would be obvious.

The labor pool isn't shrinking because of minimum wage increases.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

I am watching, you guys say this every time minimum wage goes up and nothing happens. So when is this gonna actually happen? Also, what does people having better access have to do with minimum wage?

You were provided facts by me.

Walmart decrease in employees per store and retail store decrease in employee per store over time.
But you are waiting for some MSM outlet to talk about "mass layoffs" which aren't going t happen.

So stick your head back in the sand and think nothing of this.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

You were provided facts by me.

Walmart decrease in employees per store and retail store decrease in employee per store over time.
But you are waiting for some MSM outlet to talk about "mass layoffs" which aren't going t happen.

So stick your head back in the sand and think nothing of this.

Speaking of being smug, your sand comment is unnecessary.

You are correct, Walmart has decreased its employee size, the issue with trying to connect it to minimum wage seeing they are the Welfare Queen of minimum wage jobs, the federal minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009, and the majority of their stores are located in states that function at a federal minimum wage level.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by bobtn

Walgreens just announced 76 stores will be closed. Projected savings: 250 mill/year, even if 1/3rd are non-personnel savings, that is thousands of jobs cut in those projected savings.

Pharmacist Salary Information | Best Jobs | US News Careers
**The median annual salary for a pharmacist was $116,670, or $56.09 per hour, in 2012. The best-paid 10 percent made $145,910 in 2012, while the lowest-paid made $89,280.**

I'm sure the potential of an increase in minimum wage is quite the issue there.