Seattle votes to raise the minimum wage to $15 a hour (claim, million)

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Driller1

Are they supposed to??

Everybody's financially comfortable and happy in "Utopia".

[Opin_Yunated]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Wages have not kept pace with the cost of goods.

Reason?

Wages have not kept up with productivity. It might have something to do with the loss of collective bargaining in this country...

[Opin_Yunated]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Now go back and inflate the prices of goods as well.
Those items inflated much more than salaries did.

Your money went further back then.

Jeez louise why is everyone obsessed with inflation?

You can only have inflation or deflation. Inflation is about 300 times better than deflation. Get over it already.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Opin_Yunated

Reason?

Wages have not kept up with productivity. It might have something to do with the loss of collective bargaining in this country...

min wage jobs such as burger flippers were never in unions. They never "lost" anything.

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by Driller1

Are they supposed to??

They should, when the cost of goods rise faster than the wages, you end up with the middle class shrinking as people become poorer.

[Opin_Yunated]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

min wage jobs such as burger flippers were never in unions. They never "lost" anything.

So burger flippers deserve to be on food stamps?

[Opin_Yunated]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

They should, when the cost of goods rise faster than the wages, you end up with the middle class shrinking as people become poorer.

The economy has certainly matched the cost of goods. The income is just all going to the top

[Driller1]

Originally Posted by Opin_Yunated

The economy has certainly matched the cost of goods. The income is just all going to the top

That is when you look at the top......and figure out how to get in their pocket book.

[BigJon3475]

Originally Posted by Opin_Yunated

Jeez louise why is everyone obsessed with inflation?

You can only have inflation or deflation. Inflation is about 300 times better than deflation. Get over it already.

What kind of inflation? All inflations are not created equally.

[BigJon3475]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Wages have not kept pace with the cost of goods.

And if they did? Is it your goal to suck the planet dry of all its resources and move on to the next one?

At some point the cost of goods will have to get out of reach to some degree. I don't suppose you think there will be 5 or 6 Americas out their consuming like locust do you?