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Originally Posted by Bubba  Maybe if the Army only paid minimum wage you wouldn't feel that way. I agree with you on the part where MOST places already pay above minimum wage, the part I don't agree with is that the ones earning at or below minimum wage are only the ones that earn tips also. There are a few @sshole business owners out there that will only pay the minimum wage to there employees so that they can pocket the most money they can. Those @ssholes are the ones that an increased minimum wage is aimed at. |
The minimum wage should be market driven. If Walmart can has 2000 people lined up for jobs at $6.15 an hour why would they pay them $7.50 an hour? NOW if they can't get help for $6.15 an hour then the market would dictate that they have to pay MORE to get the help they need. Just because an employer wants to make money doesn't make that employer an *******...lol It's WHY they go into business.
If the Army paid minimum wage there wouldn't be an Army. If the Army did pay minimum wage I would work somewhere else. MOST professional organizations pay more than minimum wage. The min wage really doesn't effect that many people...(see above). What is DOES do is cause prices to go up thus creating more tax income for city/state/fed gov't. Also the payroll goes up again creating more tax income for the above....Think about that. A minimum wage increase hurts YOU Bubba because you will pay more for everything from your cherry limeade and the sonic to a gallon of milk at Dillons. Also a lot of union contracts are negotiated to be a certain amount above minimum wage...if that goes up then the union people reno for a raise...