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In reply to the discussion: Let's pay 16 year olds $31.2k to sweep floors!!!! [View all]Major Nikon
(36,925 posts)232. Has Obama argued AGAINST raising the MW to $15?
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Because of GOP obstruction and our unwillingness to fix our trade situation, the person sweeping
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#1
Even in rural areas, $15 isn't living high on the hog. Food is usually higher, no mass transit syste
Hestia
Apr 2016
#306
So when that janitor is a single mom working nights as a second job to feed her kids what then? nt
revbones
Apr 2016
#3
Well, I should have known that KKKarl Rove has a General Corruption Store.
madinmaryland
Apr 2016
#195
You sound like a republican! I was making as a secretary in 1988 $15 an hour damnit
bkkyosemite
Apr 2016
#5
Yes, that's normally a very successful argument when asking your boss for a raise (nt)
Nye Bevan
Apr 2016
#96
Yep. Even fascist ant-Semite Henry Ford knew paying his workers enough to afford his cars was...
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2016
#44
Actually that was just spin. He raised wages to stop 370% turnover at a terrible job
whatthehey
Apr 2016
#89
The whole and entire point is that there are vastly different costs of living across the US
pipoman
Apr 2016
#269
Or maybe they can start saving for college, given how horribly costs have risen.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2016
#32
No, I was just pointing out that there's no reason to discriminate among workers based on age.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2016
#281
In 2012 when fast food workers determined a living wage, they settled on $15 as a national need.
Kip Humphrey
Apr 2016
#14
$15 living high on the hog? You must have some real issues with poor people. Might I suggest you
Kip Humphrey
Apr 2016
#34
Willfull ignorance is a poor defense. Were you a student of Bernie's plan to surmount the current
Kip Humphrey
Apr 2016
#64
Maybe, just maybe the depressed areas of the nation wouldn't be depressed if people made
shraby
Apr 2016
#86
Another red herring. What is, The $15 will be phased in. I'll take GOP talking points for $500!
FSogol
Apr 2016
#218
I couldn't agree more. There is a HUGE difference between a small business owner & a LG corp.
AgadorSparticus
Apr 2016
#307
What is wrong with you? This is your second OP on this topic. Need more drama?
octoberlib
Apr 2016
#30
Can I try to address this question seriously, in contrast to the snarky "you're a Republican"
Nye Bevan
Apr 2016
#36
You think the guy who owns a fast-food restaurant cares about the economy's overall productivity?
Nye Bevan
Apr 2016
#224
Nobody is going to replace workers with automation unless they are saving money
Major Nikon
Apr 2016
#236
And you are goign against the spirit and letter of the 1938 law that established minimum wage
nadinbrzezinski
Apr 2016
#160
You make a good point that more seniority should not necessarily result in higher pay.
Nye Bevan
Apr 2016
#58
I certainly agree that a bright teen may well be more valuable than a time-served 45-year old,
Nye Bevan
Apr 2016
#66
If a 16-year-old is working 40 hours a week, he/she may be supporting the family.
HuckleB
Apr 2016
#53
If you want that 16 year old to work over 2000 hours a year, then pay him or her a full time wage.
stone space
Apr 2016
#68
U have been here 5 days & add new anti labor posts every time I check this site
Person 2713
Apr 2016
#100
So, the businessman who can't stay in business without paying a living wage
gratuitous
Apr 2016
#121
NO! If floors need sweeping, hire the out-of-work parents of the country
sanatanadharma
Apr 2016
#101
I don't like Sanders at all, but I think a$15.00 an hour minimum wage tied to inflaton
Agnosticsherbet
Apr 2016
#104
It is very rare. In my state, a 16 year old would have to be legally emancipated to do that....
steve2470
Apr 2016
#122
Rent, house pymts, car pymts, car ins. health ins, is just as high for them too!
ViseGrip
Apr 2016
#110
If you have 2000 hours worth of floor sweeping, you need to pay a living wage to get it done.
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2016
#127
Yeah, by then inflation will likely have chopped its purchasing power down so far
Warpy
Apr 2016
#158
if a kid has dropped out of HS to sweep, he probably really needs a living wage though
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2016
#147
Yes, because I have been one of them! Dear God, help me, it hurt so bad!
raging moderate
Apr 2016
#254
How else can they afford college/trade school? and a house down payment? and babies in their 20s?
raging moderate
Apr 2016
#145
Because, if something bad happens to you, you expect these people to care about you.
raging moderate
Apr 2016
#288
You're going to get a broken back carrying that much water for the Heritage Foundation
Major Nikon
Apr 2016
#171
So let's see if I have this straight, because this is getting funny as hell
Major Nikon
Apr 2016
#216
I'm looking forward to tomorrow's repetitive thread but I have a doctor's appointment
Solly Mack
Apr 2016
#173
People are reading them. They don't agree with you and instead of accepting that, you rather
Solly Mack
Apr 2016
#182
If that 16 year old needs full time employment, it's for a damn good reason.
Glassunion
Apr 2016
#185
Nobody's nitpicking, your choice of a 16 year old made it sound like you were defending the
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2016
#284
I'm not nitpicking shit. Go back to Post#185, and superimpose 18 on top of every instance of 16.
Glassunion
Apr 2016
#296
So, residents of certain areas of the country should be paid less than others for the same work?
hatrack
Apr 2016
#197
People who support President Obama's position on the minimum wage are now "trolls"? (nt)
Nye Bevan
Apr 2016
#225
This is what, the third or fourth thread you've started with a 'bait' premise? Paging MIRT. n/t
X_Digger
Apr 2016
#221
The problem I see with raising the MW to $15 just means that the price of things will increase
AgadorSparticus
Apr 2016
#263
How do you determine that prices will go up but that it will only affect the middle class?
AgadorSparticus
Apr 2016
#272
That's not true. It depends on the industry. Some industries have a much higher labor cost.
AgadorSparticus
Apr 2016
#277
I looked at a bunch of sites. I think it was the department of labor. I am trying to find it.
AgadorSparticus
Apr 2016
#299
The 40-60% is in the other article I listed. They got those # from dept. of labor.
AgadorSparticus
Apr 2016
#311
I don't think they give a rats ass about driving the economy. That's just
AgadorSparticus
Apr 2016
#273
Can you kindly cite historical evidence of price hikes as result of pay raises?
tenderfoot
Apr 2016
#300
As I posted upstream, the article I found cited the department of labor & statistics. Nt
AgadorSparticus
Apr 2016
#301
I wasn't trying to prove the price hikes. I proved where I got my numbers.
AgadorSparticus
Apr 2016
#305
If a 16 year old has to work 40 hours a week, yeah, he or she should make that much
Recursion
Apr 2016
#265
Corporate internet trolls need to have their wages cut! Call Congress right fucking now! nt
Zorra
Apr 2016
#297
If a 16 yr old works 40 hrs a wk, 52 wks a year, yes, they should be paid that.
uppityperson
Apr 2016
#319