What's a living wage?

unsung

It has nothing to do with being born into privilege. Some of you are appearing to claim that everyone deserves to be equally paid and I'm saying they don't. However if restaurant A paid $8/hr and restaurant B paid $11/hr then the logical solution is to go work at B.

There are people out that that don't earn the $8/hr, my example being the girl who used her sleeve as a snot rag. I also believe that if someone really wanted to make more money they certainly have that option. Granted becoming a high power executive is rare, but did that fact stop that guy? No, it didn't. He worked hard to get to that level.

There's already an over abundance of unskilled workers in this country and with the potential of 11 million+ more being granted citizenship there's not going to be enough busboy jobs to go around. Then what? Are they going to try to force McDonalds to build more stores so there's enough burger flipper jobs for all of these deserving people? Because really that isn't much different on the ridiculousness scale than demanding $15/hr.

unsung

And no I don't believe anyone necessarily deserves $20M a year, but like I'm against a minimum wage I'm also against a maximum.

Don't like their policies? Don't patronize their business unless the policies are changed.

PJ_Soul

unsung said:

It has nothing to do with being born into privilege. Some of you are appearing to claim that everyone deserves to be equally paid and I'm saying they don't. However if restaurant A paid $8/hr and restaurant B paid $11/hr then the logical solution is to go work at B.

There are people out that that don't earn the $8/hr, my example being the girl who used her sleeve as a snot rag. I also believe that if someone really wanted to make more money they certainly have that option. Granted becoming a high power executive is rare, but did that fact stop that guy? No, it didn't. He worked hard to get to that level.

There's already an over abundance of unskilled workers in this country and with the potential of 11 million+ more being granted citizenship there's not going to be enough busboy jobs to go around. Then what? Are they going to try to force McDonalds to build more stores so there's enough burger flipper jobs for all of these deserving people? Because really that isn't much different on the ridiculousness scale than demanding $15/hr.

No one's ever said that everyone deserves to be equally paid.

lukin2006

Swiss Voters Reject Plan For World's Highest Minimum Wage

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/18/swiss-reject-worlds-highest-minimum-wage-25-dollars_n_5348176.html?ir=Canada

catefrances

unsung said:

Eh, I'm against a minimum wage, and I don't see how someone who can't survive on min wage will find $1400 a year before taxes to be the amount that brings them above the line.

Min wage is that for a reason, they have no skills, why do they deserve to be paid so much when all they can do is wash dishes?

whose dishes are they washing? is it someone who cant be naffed to cook their own meals at home so they have someone else do it and therefore someone else must wash those dirty dishes??? you cant just say oh they have zero skills so they deserve nothing more than puny wages. without restaurants people would have to cook their own meals and wash their own dishes. do you not think people should be paid so that we all can enjoy the convenience of someone else cooking our meals.. or in this case washing the dishes you used to eat the meal cooked for you? are you okay with the people making it possible for you to eat that meal cooked for you and washing those dishes basically being paid slave wages? are you okay with people going without so that you can eat out? how can you be against minimum wage?