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In reply to the discussion: Make the minimum wage $10 an hour. [View all]Drale
(7,932 posts)9. Wow really WOW!!
Are you sure you on the correct site 40,000 a year for only working 8 hours and takes weekends off? OMG They might actually be able to buy a house, a car and afford to feed their kids. Workers deserve to be making more than the CEO's who's only job is the steal money, decide how to cheat the government out of taxes and make the work place dangerous for their employees. Without said employees the CEO and the company would not be making any money, so your damn right it should be 23 dollars and hour or more. I would be willing to bet think Unions are the problem to? The Unions that fought and bleed for those 8 hour work days and weekends off.
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If the fruits of labour were shared equally, the minimum wage would be almost 22.00 per hour.
PDJane
Feb 2013
#5
Because if the minimum wage was $100/hr no one would eat at fast food restaurants.
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#21
Not just for the easier math. Since the minimum wage needs to be raised anyway,
OceanEcosystem
Feb 2013
#16
There you go - it's not just calculus, you've got to know anatomy and demographics
petronius
Feb 2013
#32
That is a stupid reason for a good idea. If they can't multiply times 9, don't hire them.
Coyotl
Feb 2013
#24
At the very least, the minimum wage should be $18 an hour, which would constitute a living wage,
Cleita
Feb 2013
#25
That's one of the strangest reasons I've ever seen for changing the minimum wage,
virgogal
Feb 2013
#34