Current Events > is $15/hour considered a lot...?

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i made $20/hr as an intern
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nah fam. That's like 30K a year salary.

L0Z posted...

nah fam. That's like 30K a year salary.

why are people flipping out over min wage raise?
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No_U_L7 posted...

L0Z posted...

nah fam. That's like 30K a year salary.

why are people flipping out over min wage raise?

Because those poor business owners will get to keep less money.
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Lol no. But at least its better than most places are at.
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Because you cant hire as many peons to do your menial tasks and have to do somethings yourself.
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because it will cause inflation. highschool students should not be able to make 30k a year by microwaving burgers. I used to be a Walmart sporting goods employee and Id sell a firearm everytime I took one out of a case to show someone, and I only made $9 an hour. I became the manager of that section and only got paid $10, Now that's highly underpaid. Now I fix planes for 65k a year. thatd be probably $31 an hr. People should only be paid relative to the skill requirement for the job.

If minimum wage actually kept up with worker productivity, it would be $30. $15 is lowballing it hard.
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Dude that totally happened at my mom's 6th birthday party!

Higher wages mean fewer employees. Businesses want to profit. They keep the min amount of employees to profit. The more they get paid, the lower that number gets.

L0Z posted...

because it will cause inflation. highschool students should not be able to make 30k a year by microwaving burgers

Inflation was already happening while minimum wages lagged behind for decades. If previous generations could make higher minimum wages (relative to inflation and cost of living) why would it be so harmful today?
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CircleOfManias posted...

If minimum wage actually kept up with worker productivity, it would be $30. $15 is lowballing it hard.

So true. Productivity has risen dramatically and wages have stayed relatively the same.
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CircleOfManias posted...

If minimum wage actually kept up with worker productivity, it would be $30. $15 is lowballing it hard.

This. Yet the ignorant masses will continue to be unaware at how bad the elites have absolutely scammed the working class out of fair wages for the past 30-40 years. The datas all there, but theyll continue to shill for their kings and talk about burger-flippers dont deserve to live! hurr!
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It's decent in most parts of the country, minus liberal cities and some tourism destinations.
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because apparently the people who make our food, clean the places we go to don't deserve to have a happy life.
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CircleOfManias posted...

If minimum wage actually kept up with worker productivity, it would be $30. $15 is lowballing it hard.

That guy who stands at the entrance of Wal Mart and says hello is doing 30 dollars an hour worth of production? I find that hard to believe.

We start our apprentices at $16, then they go up from there roughly every 6 months.
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manmouse posted...

If previous generations could make higher minimum wages (relative to inflation and cost of living) why would it be so harmful today?

The highest minimum wage ($1.60 in 1968) works out to be about $11.80.

powerman1426 posted...

We start our apprentices at $16, then they go up from there roughly every 6 months.

You have to do an apprenticeship to be a mod??
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Shablagoo posted...

powerman1426 posted...

We start our apprentices at $16, then they go up from there roughly every 6 months.

You have to do an apprenticeship to be a mod??

You get paid to be a mod? It's just deleting random posts inconsistently.

why do so many dorks who post here think fast food work is the only work that makes minimum wage? its always their go to..."Just to flip/microwave burgers!"...and it really makes them look stupid every time they say it...
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Electrical apprentices lol
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L0Z posted...

nah fam. That's like 30K a year salary.

That's still a lot.

Kids are lazy. Minimum wage should be $6/hour.
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Thinking about going to a bar alone tonight, any tips?
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No_U_L7 posted...

L0Z posted...

nah fam. That's like 30K a year salary.

why are people flipping out over min wage raise?

Because millions of jobs will be lost. CBO forecast four million people out of work from a $15 minimum wage.
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Tyrannosaurus posted...

Kids are lazy. Minimum wage should be $6/hour.

There shouldn't be a minimum wage in the first place, and unskilled labor would settle right around there.
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EpicMickeyDrew posted...

Thinking about going to a bar alone tonight, any tips?

Just start talking and loosen up
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-l___________l- posted...

No_U_L7 posted...

i made $20/hr as an intern

What field were you interning in, and where did you live?

Most internships I've seen in my area in engineering/medical/etc. were all $12 - 18 per hour.

engineering, CA. i was a grad student and got the bump from 15 to 20 halfway thru my grad program
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For someone with no experience, yeah $15 is a lot of money.

No_U_L7 posted...

L0Z posted...

nah fam. That's like 30K a year salary.

why are people flipping out over min wage raise?

tbf the current federal minimum wage is $7.25 - some states do have higher standard minimum wages, but many states do not. So $15 is over double the current federal minimum. Also the federal minimum hasn't been raised since 2009...
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L0Z posted...

because it will cause inflation. highschool students should not be able to make 30k a year by microwaving burgers

Setting aside the fact that many adults work minimum wage job, does America not have tiered minimum wage depending on your age?

We do in Britain, so if you are 16-18 you earn a certain amount, then 18-21 I think it is, another tier, then another for up to 25, and then more for above?

Or something like that at least, I don't recall the actual tiers off hand.
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Maybe these people should take a pay cut like Iwata did and pay their employees. They don't need a second yacht.
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Higher minimum wage will hurt smaller businesses and bigger businesses will likely lay off employees.
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Master_Bass posted...

No_U_L7 posted...

L0Z posted...

nah fam. That's like 30K a year salary.

why are people flipping out over min wage raise?

Because those poor business owners will get to keep less money.

Dont be obtuse.

Other wages aint going up. Prices will. Businesses will keep their profit margins the buying power for an average dude like me just goes down.

If it was a sliding scale whatever.... still wouldnt accomplish a thing in the end tbh. But at least its not taking my 24 an hour and making it effectively worth less for a guy at an entry level unskilled job to be within ten an hour of me.
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