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3. You would get dollars a day not dollars per hour.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 10:19 AM

Oct 2012

Think China or India.

The jobs would come back, but standard of living would drop like a rock.

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How Low Would Pay Go If Minimum Wage Law Were To Be Abolished Like The GOP Wants? [View all] TheMastersNemesis Oct 2012 OP

Slavery. FightForMichigan Oct 2012 #1

No way. Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #13

You can live pretty good on $96 per week Hugabear Oct 2012 #38

15 dollars a day and a cheese sandwich for lunch. MADem Oct 2012 #2

The cheese sandwich is pretty damn extravagant if ya ask me. Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #15

If they're doing heavy labor, they need fuel....oh, and potable drinking water, too! MADem Oct 2012 #24

Depends on what you mean by "potable." Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #33

Just so long as there's no pooping! Pooping disrupts the work flow! nt MADem Oct 2012 #34

No shit. Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #37

You've coined the assembly line logo! nt MADem Oct 2012 #40

Make them wear adult diapers Hugabear Oct 2012 #39

Q--Should bathroom breaks be allowed" Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #43

You would get dollars a day not dollars per hour. liberal N proud Oct 2012 #3

This ^ geardaddy Oct 2012 #12

labor ready shanti Oct 2012 #23

$2.13 = current minimum wage in Nebraska for waitresses Care Acutely Oct 2012 #4

Not quite Sgent Oct 2012 #17

The law AlexSatan Oct 2012 #18

Still bullshit. The employer profits from the labor of the watress. Care Acutely Oct 2012 #25

Agreed standingtall Oct 2012 #26

I have no problem supporting this AlexSatan Oct 2012 #42

Careful, there. theKed Oct 2012 #45

I disagree AlexSatan Oct 2012 #47

Well...yes? theKed Oct 2012 #49

Well, ...nope. AlexSatan Nov 2012 #51

It really shows theKed Nov 2012 #52

Except that they don't AlexSatan Nov 2012 #53

As low as it is in China treestar Oct 2012 #5

Dorms be damned. Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #35

Betting that AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #6

Can not go to low, because of gas and housing vinny9698 Oct 2012 #7

Zero. The 1% want the benefits of slavery hifiguy Oct 2012 #8

Lowering wages will crush the economy. L0oniX Oct 2012 #9

My guess is that we would see "seasonal slavery" like farmers used to use in Central America... Blue Meany Oct 2012 #10

So what? Jackpine Radical Oct 2012 #36

They would want you to PAY THEM for the privilege of working. swayne Oct 2012 #11

they already do something similar now with unpaid internships NuttyFluffers Oct 2012 #31

Just look at the restaurant industry, where they regularly lobby for zero pay. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2012 #14

Employees will be able to sell themselves to corporations thecrow Oct 2012 #16

You'd have to pay to work, and get nothing, and if you refused, be thrown in prison. begin_within Oct 2012 #19

Pay? What is this "pay" that you speak of??? Initech Oct 2012 #20

indentured servitude eShirl Oct 2012 #21

They work for a buck an hour in China. That's what I'd expect here. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #22

Actually the average manufacturing wage there is around $3.25 an hour now. It was under $1 pampango Oct 2012 #32

The jobs outsourced to China from Sensata are $1/hr. at the manufacturing level. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #44

And while they are at it an 8 hr day would no longer exist Kingofalldems Oct 2012 #27

Yup, they'd come back to the insistence durablend Oct 2012 #29

You'll work (for free) or off to jail with you durablend Oct 2012 #28

it would go negative. you'd get wage slavery indebtedness. NuttyFluffers Oct 2012 #30

We would make Chinese peasants look like the 1% n/t MountainLaurel Oct 2012 #41

I've heard Republicans say that if US workers want to compete with Chinese workers gollygee Oct 2012 #46

Ever read "Oliver Twist"? Fire Walk With Me Oct 2012 #48

Lower than the lowest in China. Competition, level playing field, you know. AlinPA Oct 2012 #50