Are you in support of minimum wage for New York City?

[jonbenson]

Originally Posted by TBQEgg11

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It's astounding if those numbers are accurate.

I went back to the Wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illega..._New_York_City

If you go to the chart and click on that little [1] reference next to "Occupation"
a link comes up dated 2007

I suspect since companies and restaurants that uses these workers do their best to hide them then it is very hard to get accurate stats

they seem to be a very high proportion in various jobs, listed their as percentage

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by jonbenson

Are you in support of minimum wage for New York City
or in an ideal would it be better to have no minimum wage and just let the free market determine wage?

Yes. Make it $150/hour! Everybody deserves a fantastic life.

[TBQEgg11]

Originally Posted by jonbenson

I went back to the Wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illega..._New_York_City

If you go to the chart and click on that little [1] reference next to "Occupation"
a link comes up dated 2007

I suspect since companies and restaurants that uses these workers do their best to hide them then it is very hard to get accurate stats

they seem to be a very high proportion in various jobs, listed their as percentage

Yes, the page you pulled out is credible. I meant for an average person, information wise, one wouldn't expect that shocking high percentages of illegal immigration in those fields. Perhaps NY, given its importance and status, has everything to do with that. And thanks for the link.

[SFBayBoomer]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

Yet tipping is an American thing, other countries don't do it

Tipping in a roundabout way encourages paying employees off the books

I lived in Germany for a couple of years and many Germans do tip in restaurants, just a much smaller amount, as there is already a service charge included and servers make better basic wages than here. The method of tipping is also done differently. For example, money is not left on the table.

Basically, let's say a bill is for 27 DM/Euros. You can hand the server 30 (or whatever you want) and say "das stimmt so" or more commonly simply "stimmt," which effectively means the same as "keep the change."

Or you can, upon receiving a bill for for 27, simply say "dreißig" (which means 30) and the server knows to keep the rest for herself or himself.