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You dont decide what are the pertinent issues effecting labor and wages. In fact your arguments are all over the spectrum, hypocritical, hysterical unsubstantiated speculation.
Seems clear that campaign finance reform is not the subject of this thread, which is entitled "No fast food on Thursday! Biggest strike in history."
Words like "hysterical" do not scare or intimidate me. Once again, you should look up the definition of speculation......the very word means "unsubstantiated" so it's not possible to speculate and then "substantiate" it. If you did that, it would no longer be speculation. LOL However, I have in fact offered links to sites which do support my position that minimum wages have not been raised since 2009 and that the current minimum wage rate has NOT kept up with the rate of inflation. Also, once again, if opinions and speculation are not allowed on this discussion board, that is something I didn't know.
$15 is what that labor market demands. Labor is a huge cost for employers so while it isnt much to an individual employee (you) doubling the wages of millions in the industry would kill jobs and business
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Originally Posted by SLCPUNK
Correct and 15/hr is about what the job is worth. Because it's not a lot of money.
Stop dodging and dancing. Your arguments are weak and have been torn to shreds over and over in this thread
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Originally Posted by FancyFeast5000
Seems clear that campaign finance reform is not the subject of this thread, which is entitled "No fast food on Thursday! Biggest strike in history."
Words like "hysterical" do not scare or intimidate me. Once again, you should look up the definition of speculation......the very word means "unsubstantiated" so it's not possible to speculate and then "substantiate" it. If you did that, it would no longer be speculation. LOL However, I have in fact offered links to sites which do support my position that minimum wages have not been raised since 2009 and that the current minimum wage rate has NOT kept up with the rate of inflation. Also, once again, if opinions and speculation are not allowed on this discussion board, that is something I didn't know.
If the minimum wage law is changed then those jobs will pay whatever is the new minimum wage number.
or automate.
Automated kiosks would become more attractive to invest in. ROI years drop, as ROI = Investment/savings per year, raise the latter, while investment stays stagnant, ROI years drop, jobs are eliminated.
We go back 40 years or 50 years. Working at Mcdonalds or . . the wal-mart equivalent. NO one expected these jobs to pay for a family. People made money then, and make money now.
Those days companies like P&G were more powerful of course, with really strong profit margins. There was always someone profiting. . the only change to today is the buying power of Wal-Mart and Target has shifted those profits from the suppliers (P&G) to more even with the retailers.
So when I grew up, and before that, teenagers did these jobs. Singles working through college not families. That is what these jobs are best for. Low labor, low skilled. You don't want to work long. You don't think you can have a family and do these jobs.
So the economy changes, and more people don't have the skills to compete globally. So they start taking these high-school level jobs at wal-mart etc. Somehow you act as if this is wal-marts issue or problem. You point to wal-mart as the big bad
Look, Wal-Mart shouldn't be blamed for "catching" these people
you should instead wonder why we aren't producing people who can compete globally. . .instead of blaming the net that catches the last of these people as they fall through the cracks.
Good post Chris
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Once again, you should look up the definition of speculation......the very word means "unsubstantiated" so it's not possible to speculate and then "substantiate" it. If you did that, it would no longer be speculation. LOL However, I have in fact offered links to sites which do support my position that minimum wages have not been raised since 2009 and that the current minimum wage rate has NOT kept up with the rate of inflation. Also, once again, if opinions and speculation are not allowed on this discussion board, that is something I didn't know. 
