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Drale

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23. Its very simple really

Reply to OceanEcosystem (Reply #15)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 03:07 PM

Feb 2013

Pay workers a living wage and they can afford to spend money at said small businesses. If people are payed well everyone benefits. Trickle down does not work, money moving from the bottom to the top however works and everyone is happy.

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Make the minimum wage $10 an hour. [View all] OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 OP

It might seem that easy but it never is Drale Feb 2013 #1

$23 an hour is much too high for a minimum wage. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #4

Wow really WOW!! Drale Feb 2013 #9

What about small businesses? OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #15

We already subsidize wages for business small and large Orrex Feb 2013 #20

Its very simple really Drale Feb 2013 #23

You surely noticed that Wallmart had an issue with the core nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #26

not quite FreeJoe Feb 2013 #2

That's unavoidable, regardless of the $ per hour, but OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #7

We do our math in how much we have AFTER taxes nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #27

Since the Republicans will block any raise, why not make it $25? frazzled Feb 2013 #3

If the fruits of labour were shared equally, the minimum wage would be almost 22.00 per hour. PDJane Feb 2013 #5

How many employers could afford to pay a $22/hour minimum wage? OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #8

Why would a hamburger be $12? If everyone was making $22/hr at MINIMUM JaneyVee Feb 2013 #13

By that logic, why not make the minimum wage $100 an hour? OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #19

Because if the minimum wage was $100/hr no one would eat at fast food restaurants. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #21

she is applying more logic than is shown in the OP ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #22

We did it in San Jose. KamaAina Feb 2013 #6

so your logic is to raise the minimum wage ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #10

Not just for the easier math. Since the minimum wage needs to be raised anyway, OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #16

because picking a wage on the idea ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #17

And we need to switch to the metric system at the same time petronius Feb 2013 #11

Ah yes, trying to multiple a number by 5,280 feet. n/t. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #18

'how many goddam feet are in a goddam mile?' RC Feb 2013 #29

There you go - it's not just calculus, you've got to know anatomy and demographics petronius Feb 2013 #32

$15/hr JaneyVee Feb 2013 #12

+1 PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #33

The minimum wage should be raised, mythology Feb 2013 #14

Tying the minimum wage to inflation? You mean like they did Social Security? RC Feb 2013 #30

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

I disagree with your argumentation. Quantess Feb 2013 #28

Even $10/hr is too low. You can't live on that. You just can't. Gorp Feb 2013 #31

That's one of the strangest reasons I've ever seen for changing the minimum wage, virgogal Feb 2013 #34