now here's a funny idea about fast food hourly pay
 

the fucking cats that want the pay to be $15 per hour can start paying double for their food :1orglaugh

Bottom feeders will always want to get more for their unskilled labor.

Good idea. Put a tip jar to be equally divided by hours worked that day for employees, Managers excluded.

great then the fuckers will spit in your taco if they don't like the tip :(

Thats the thing people just refuse to see. If they raise the min to 10, you can bet your ass the prices of nearly everything will go up. They are then right back where they started.

funny thing to me is they want the funds to come from the 'CEO' i.e. someone else and not pay more themselves... is that fucking 'over blown entitlement' or not

let's help the fucking world just don't touch my shit :1orglaugh

Thats the Republican way isnt it? :error

Rich are already being raped on taxes, they want even more and more. Sad world - loser/poor people wants to simply GET free money from Rich that EARNED it. Robin hood times - steal from rich, give to poor.

I was thinking more the demo's :1orglaugh

Yes at this rate there won't be any rich people left ... Oh wait.

There will be, but not as many as there would be if they would not have to pay for tens (or even hundreds) of bottom feeders. One rich person pays as much as 10, 50, 200 unmotivated/lazy/etc/etc people.
And they demand more!

By the way look at food stamps statistics in US - poor people numbers are growing... That is because aspiration, aiming for more is being punished (high taxes) and laziness is being rewarded (no taxes, free food, welfare).

There was that study a while back which stated that if you raised the wages of all Walmart workers to something like $12 an hour it would only raise prices by about 1%. So I think it is relatively safe to say that more than likely the increase in prices would be under 10%.

Personally I wouldn't mind that. Happier workers are less likely to spit in the food and they are more likely to try to make it better for me.

so if we pay them nothing

prices will go back down.. ?

Please define rape, because taxes on high income earners are the lowest they have ever been. Try going back to the 70's and 80's and claim you are now being raped. Do you just make up anything that sounds good in your head and pretend it's fact?

Simply relying on tips is not a valid idea...because most employers will just lower the hourly wage to take into account the increased tips coming in.

Look at Costco and Newseasons Market (Portland based grocery store). They pay their workers above minimum, with a good health plan. And they are successful. Consumers will pay more if they are being treated friendly with happy staff.

2014 California Income Tax Table
2013 - 2014
Tax Bracket (Single) Marginal Tax Rate
$0+ 1.00%
$7,582+ 2.00%
$17,976+ 4.00%
$28,371+ 6.00%
$39,384+ 8.00%
$49,774+ 9.30%
$254,250+ 10.30%
$305,100+ 11.30%
$508,500+ 12.30%


Seems like California rapes the people who earn a lot.

It also has to do with the fact that fewer mid-range paying jobs are being created. When you looks at the job creation numbers over the last 5 years most of the jobs created were either lower paying service and retail type jobs or they were higher paying jobs. Not many mid-range paying jobs are being created. The NY Times reported that 58% of all jobs created since the recession were lower paying and 20% were higher paying (meaning $21 per hour or higher).

So the simple reality is that the jump from a lower paying job to a higher paying job has become more difficult and it can take longer.

12.30% is being raped? Don't come to Europe - you'll feel like you've walked into some prison showers with your hands tied behind your back :Oh crap

Fuck that! I need to find future ex-wife who makes $500 a night bartending and take on guitar lessons.

Don't forget that is added to Federal tax and sometimes County. That said, taxes were much higher in the 1970's in the US. Europeans pay more in taxes, but also receive more in education and healthcare, so there is a bit of a positive trade-off.

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