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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:53 PM Original message |
Should minimum wage be set by municipalities? |
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Conservativesux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. San Francisco does: $8.50 per hour full or part time work minimum.... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Here on the coast agricultural labor gets $10 and hour. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Minimum wage vs. living wage |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That sounds like a workable solution. |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Aren't 'living wages' only for those companies who do business... |
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Rodger Dodger (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. The minimum wage should be set by the federal government. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Well, that's what I think. |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. It is set by the federal gov't, altho some states have set it higher. |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Minimum Wage state ballot initiatives info here: |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Thanks for the information. |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. minimum wage should be connected |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. That would be fun. However, since CEO wages are often |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bad Idea |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. So that is what the economists say, but I think they are wrong. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. "the smallest jurisdiction of governance that can solve the problem" |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I wish I understood what you are saying. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. smallest jurisdiction |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Oddly enough, I'm on DU procrastingating a research paper on this topic |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. Raise wages without raising the minimum wage laws |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That 15% FICA you mentioned would probably be more |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Nothing would make it more palatable |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, landowners will not pay their fair share of taxes so you |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Why won't they? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You said. |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. What's keeping someone from opening a hotel for $80? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The French and Germans report their unemployment differently than us |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yes, but why does it exist at all in FR & GER |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. The notion of full employment is just a theory |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. And what is wrong with that? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. You are repeating the RW talking point that |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. No need for name calling |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Excuse me? No one is calling you names, however, |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. counterpoint |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Okay, I get it. You object to increased local government power. |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Actually, I support increased local government power |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Something I haven't researched on income tax , but I guess |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. In theory I think that would work |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. There should be a bottom line that no state can cross |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. This wouldn't work in my area. Most need $10 an hour |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Almost every state has a higher minimum wage than the Federal Min Wage |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. There need to be a federal floor. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I do agree with that. It's just that the federal minimum doesn't |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yes, under federal guidelines for a living wage. n/t |
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