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Prophet 451

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28. In the right ballpark

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 06:56 PM

Dec 2014

I'm disabled physically and seriously mentally ill so it wouldn't benefit me even slightly.

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How does $25.18 per hour sound? [View all] kpete Dec 2014 OP

K&R.... daleanime Dec 2014 #1

My home would be paid for. SamKnause Dec 2014 #2

Ditto all that. And my husband with a degnerative disease could have retired at 66 !/2 instead 1monster Dec 2014 #12

I became disabled in 2007. SamKnause Dec 2014 #20

perhaps you could refinance hfojvt Dec 2014 #22

Thank you for your reply and input. SamKnause Dec 2014 #23

hmm, 12 acres hfojvt Dec 2014 #24

Thanks for you kind words. SamKnause Dec 2014 #29

Just about right. marym625 Dec 2014 #3

As Chris Rock says, when a worker making minimum wage mountain grammy Dec 2014 #4

Join a good Union. dotymed Dec 2014 #5

Okay, but what sounds even better is to multiply that rate of growth above minimum wage. TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #6

^^^^^ Great post ^^^^^ woo me with science Dec 2014 #8

"Minimum wage ought to be called homeless pay" < This. Perpetual servitude. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2014 #15

Increasing the min wage would also reduce welfare a good bit 7962 Dec 2014 #7

Sounds like a bare minimum as far as I'm concerned...... socialist_n_TN Dec 2014 #9

Wonderful, but sadly unrealistic PumpkinAle Dec 2014 #10

Up until last year Sweet Freedom Dec 2014 #11

Nice for today. I always disliked basing minimum wages on dollar amounts though. Cleita Dec 2014 #13

Wow! When I made $21/hr I could afford to live and go see my family sometimes. Less than that and DesertDiamond Dec 2014 #14

Another stange thing is a lot of Republicans actually want to do away with the Minimum wage. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #16

Just curious about people making between $10-$25 an hour now B2G Dec 2014 #17

Sounds good, but if that's the base Gman Dec 2014 #18

It should be accompanied by a higher tax rate though ErikJ Dec 2014 #19

This is what it REALLY sounds like 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #21

I have to say I'm not sure I object to that daredtowork Dec 2014 #25

I don't see anyone making an honest living as humiliating themselves Skittles Dec 2014 #26

You don't see it that way daredtowork Dec 2014 #27

that's some people Skittles Dec 2014 #31

But do all of them want to remain in those jobs? daredtowork Dec 2014 #32

Who in their right mind wants to go to work? aspirant Dec 2014 #33

False dichotomy daredtowork Dec 2014 #34

If they consider it WORK,known or unknown to others,there can be a better way aspirant Dec 2014 #35

Machines taking our jobs are a reality everywhere JonLP24 Dec 2014 #30

In the right ballpark Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #28

Literally impossible - bosses cannot pay their employees the value of their labor DireStrike Dec 2014 #36

Sounds like about double what i make right now... Rhythm Dec 2014 #37