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16. Well, why not both. Have a minimum wage and any

Wed Dec 4, 2013, 02:22 PM

Dec 2013

Company that ends up with people on public assistance and who actively wants full time wages, should have to pony up the money for their lacking support. Like, if they don't offer health care, and their employees are now on Medicaid, they ought to pay more into the pot for the burden falling on the public.

God forbid we choose to do both items to keep the crooks at bay? It doesn't have to be a fight. One is a method of insuring a live able wage. And let's face it, as soon as the business people feel the employees have more money, they will eventually increase costs of items somewhere else. In order to keep them from inflating prices too much, make them responsible for those at the minimum who would be right back at their poverty like in no time. So the other is a payment plan to keep costs unfairly off of the whole, while the likes of Walmart heirs, earn billions before breakfast.

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Low bank wages costing the public millions, report says [View all] Redfairen Dec 2013 OP

You'd think my local credit union would pay pretty well but there is a never ending brewens Dec 2013 #1

Are we finally ready to raise the minimum wage and put an end to this nonsense? mountain grammy Dec 2013 #2

Raising the mininuim wage isnt the problem its cstanleytech Dec 2013 #3

the "incentive not to pay better" IS the minimum wage! mountain grammy Dec 2013 #4

minimum wage is just your boss's way of saying, MindPilot Dec 2013 #5

Yes, exactly! mountain grammy Dec 2013 #12

No, the incentive to pay better is to start taking the cost cstanleytech Dec 2013 #6

No, raising the minimum wage is the solution. Gormy Cuss Dec 2013 #7

Uh huh and that will address the problem of cstanleytech Dec 2013 #8

Fifteen dollars/hour will catapult most full time employees out of eligibility, Gormy Cuss Dec 2013 #9

As a short term fix sure but what about long term? cstanleytech Dec 2013 #19

Continue raising the minimum wage every few years Gormy Cuss Dec 2013 #20

Yes but right now if they just raise it without cstanleytech Dec 2013 #22

Minimizing Profits Ace Acme Dec 2013 #11

Sports teams do it too KamaAina Dec 2013 #21

Here's the real solution: rainy Dec 2013 #13

That sounds good, but there's no guarantee excess profits will go to the employees rather than Fla Dem Dec 2013 #15

They could easily work around that--just pay more money to executives. nt geek tragedy Dec 2013 #18

Well, why not both. Have a minimum wage and any glowing Dec 2013 #16

Why is that preferable to having the company just pay the people more money geek tragedy Dec 2013 #17

how right you are n/t Psephos Jan 2014 #27

Raising the minimum wage is a band-aid at best. Lowering the maximum greed of the employers.... olddad56 Jan 2014 #25

America needs a raise. Kingofalldems Dec 2013 #10

I worked in the consumer finance arm of CitiGroup citizen blues Dec 2013 #14

We should totally end that $900 million subsidy. Stick it to the bankers! Pterodactyl Jan 2014 #23

I remember talking with a bank teller once about 5 years go Lars39 Jan 2014 #24

The only thing that will work is a substantial rise in the minimum wage Warpy Jan 2014 #26