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Originally Posted by Robbie
You are correct. And that 45% includes 16 and 17 year old kids in highschool, and as I said earlier...a lot of bartenders and waitresses who make unreported cash tips.
The real kicker to what you are showing is this: All of those people who are now making MORE than minimum wage had to work to that point. That guy making $14.75 might have worked a few years to get to that point.
Now all his hard work? Didn't mean shit. He gets a 25 cent raise and makes the exact same money as some slack ass who is working for the weekend.
You just took 45% of the workforce and made them all "equal".
No way that's a good thing. No way that paying $15 an hour for a job that's worth $3 an hour is a good thing.
That's my viewpoint.
Nobody owes anybody anything in this life. But that is the illusion that our govt. is trying to create. And in the end...the only "winners" will be politicians and bureaucrats.
There will still be the same exact percentages of poor people, slack people, rich people, successful people, and "average" people when the dust clears.
Just like we've had 50 years of the "War On Poverty" and trillions of dollars spent...and ended up with MORE people in poverty.  |
I agree deeply with your values and philosophy.
I think the consequences of a $15 minimum wage would be even more dire however. The USA already has a decreasing middle class. I believe this sort of measure would decrease the number of people in both your average and successful categories. The most recent Census summary puts the median household income at $53,046. A $15 minimum wage would put a 2 income totally unskilled household at $60k.
Apart from the immediate impacts of inflation, off-shoring, and unemployment, I think what you are saying about the $14.75 guy getting nothing for his effort is HUGE. If middle income America and bottom America get the same financial feedback, a lot of incentive to attempt to take care of oneself goes out the window. That is enormous discouragement. How much would it suck to be the $14.75 guy with student loans, while someone with zero skills is mandated to earn the same amount?