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Too low? Who made that decision? Why not $150? Because that would be crazy?
It's not a decision. I was stating an opinion. In my opinion $7.25 is too low.
If the $7.25 is not too low, why not reduce it to $5 an hour or $3 an hour? The minimum wage law was lower in the past and it gets raised from time to time with inflation. No?
When people work for the minimum wage they have to survive and often do so by applying for food stamps, welfare, Section 8 housing, and other programs. Personally I would like to see them making a little more money and not having them eligible for those tax-payer funded programs.
Again, if they could find better job, why would they work for the said business to begin with??? There are low skilled workers you are talking about.
Please also keep in mind, it wouldn't be just this one business going out. They had a job, and you just took the jobs away.
You would have to ask these fictional employees working for this fictional failing gym, though one would think they could just try to get a job at a more successful gym.
That is just common sense, not gibberish, if you can't afford to pay your employees the minimum amount, then you probably shouldn't be having any employees working for them. It is a capitalism rule.
When YOU arbitrarily dictate the wage at an unjustified level how is it the business fault if they can't pay it?
Again, when YOU arbitrarily dictate the wage at an unjustified level how is it the business fault if they can't pay it?
If a job brings in $10 / hour in value the employee can be paid minimum wage @ $7.50 / hour, if you force the business to now pay $15 how is it the business fault they can't pay the new artificial wage?
All wages are arbitrarily dictated, and yes, if a business cannot afford to pay their employees the minimum amount, then it is the fault of the business.
If having an employee only gets you 25% profit off a minimum wage job, does it make sense to have that employee or just do it yourself? Also, not all jobs are directly tied to profits.
That is just common sense, not gibberish, if you can't afford to pay your employees the minimum amount, then you probably shouldn't be having any employees working for them. It is a capitalism rule.
You would have to ask these fictional employees working for this fictional failing gym, though one would think they could just try to get a job at a more successful gym.
You would think those employees would have tried that already if they could have found anything better.
You would think those employees would have tried that already if they could have found anything better.
Maybe these fictional employees liked worked for this failing gym. You act like people are incapable of finding other jobs if one job they have fails.
Oh look, this new fictional gym opened up down the street and signed up 1000 new members in the town and has a "now hiring" sign outside. It looks like these fictional people will be okay because they just got hired onto a more successful gym.
Maybe these fictional employees liked worked for this failing gym. You act like people are incapable of finding other jobs if one job they have fails.
Oh look, this new fictional gym opened up down the street and signed up 1000 new members in the town and has a "now hiring" sign outside. It looks like these fictional people will be okay because they just got hired onto a more successful gym.
I am not saying they are incapable to find different jobs but I think it's utterly stupid to force them out of job, don't you think?
I am not saying they are incapable to find different jobs but I think it's utterly stupid to force them out of job, don't you think?
It isn't there choice if their employer runs a failed business. That fictional gym had 227 members, that clearly wasn't enough.
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