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I am a firm believer that people are poor for good reasons. One of them is this stupid minimum wage thing. If people can't see the fact that the higher the wage, the less the purchasing power, then they deserve to stay poor.
By the way, they don't have to work for minimum wage. Go find a job that pays $100K.
As for people "choosing to work for minimum wage" people have to unless...
You're missing the middle or qualifying portion of that statement:
...unless they paid attention as kids and got themselves educated well enough to do better.
Those worth $2 more than current minimum are mostly getting it.
Those worth $4 more than current minimum are mostly getting it.
Those worth $6 more than current minimum are mostly getting it.
But even though they are getting it... it's still not enough.
Which is why raising MW is not any sort of solution.
There is also a very big UNDER employment problem TODAY with people who are capable of doing
something more than these MW jobs and what they are forced to accept there. There are common
themes with both groups (oversupply of labor relative to jobs available) but this is still a different issue.
In neither case is it the responsibility of the employer to make up the difference.
I am a firm believer that people are poor for good reasons. One of them is this stupid minimum wage thing. If people can't see the fact that the higher the wage, the less the purchasing power, then they deserve to stay poor.
By the way, they don't have to work for minimum wage. Go find a job that pays $100K.
Exactly right. So many people today don't want to do anything to better themselves. They want it handed to them. That's not how I got what I have and I don't owe anyone a free ride.
If these workers make more money, the burgers will cost more so profits will go down which will cause workers to get laid off or fired. Let's face it, most people don't go to McDonald's because the food is great. You go there because it's cheap. If the prices raise to where it costs the same to go somewhere with better quality, people will do it.
That's not true anymore. At the fast food places in my area, you see people working there (NOT managers) from ages 15 all the way through people in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and even 60s. People are desperate for jobs now and will take almost anything to have an income
And just an FYI, $15/hour is squat in NY. At 40 hours per week, that's only $600 week before taxes --- maybe $450 after taxes. Times that by 4 weeks and you have a whopping $1800/mo. That's barely scratching by in NY if you're single w/no kids. If you have kids? Forget it.
fast food jobs aren't meant for someone to raise a family of 4 on they are meant for retirees, teens and people to have as a second job. its not the employes job to make sure they pay you enough to cover all your bills
If these workers make more money, the burgers will cost more so profits will go down which will cause workers to get laid off or fired. Let's face it, most people don't go to McDonald's because the food is great. You go there because it's cheap. If the prices raise to where it costs the same to go somewhere with better quality, people will do it.
Good point. One of our local McDonalds is going out of business. We lost KFC and Hardees and Burger King and a couple of local restaurants. If they raised the minimum wage here it would cost many jobs. Our cost of living is low. My wife and I bought a new house that had never been lived in about 3 years ago. Paid less than $1,000 down and our payments for 20 years are below $350 per month. It's nothing too fancy. 2 story, 4 Bedroom, 2 bath on just over an acre of land. Our electricity cost $156 per month. No gas used in the house. There are places you can afford to live. If you choose to live in one you can't afford then that's on you.
Every McDonalds franchise has a half-dozen positions that pay a decent living wage, and there are plenty of stores out there. Those who really deserve to make more than minimum wage have plenty of opportunity to do so if they care to do so.
What world do some of you people live in...... Some of you think it is just easy to get another job like ABC.....No!!!!!! I've been looking for another job now for a year, and havent been able to land nothing. Yes, Im currently employed but looking for a new challenge. It's very hard for some people. And not thats its worth anything these days...But I have a BA.
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