$15 an hour FUCK YA

topdawgnc

Party in the trailer park ...

Until too many dollars start chasing too few goods ...

And it becomes cheaper for a computer to take your order than a human.

I wish the world was so simple ...

Kaepsknee

It is simple. When business has to give more money for less productivity, the cost of goods rise.

doogsinparadise

The solution is full automation for basic service and manufacturing jobs and a guaranteed inflation adjusted income for everyone under a certain floor. Let people that want to work work, but stop this chicken and egg charade with the proles.

TurdBomber

Or more money for the same productivity. Or a million other reasons why it kills the initiative to work harder and get better at one's job. I support a reasonable minimum wage, but I don't believe minimum wage jobs should pay a living wage. If you can't get 40 hours at an above min-wage job by the time you're over 18, you aren't looking hard enough or working hard enough. Sorry.

RaceBannon

It's so fucking vital that it will be fully implemented in 2022 in California. All the GOP voted against it because they hate the poor. Allegedly. Dems passed it but you can't have it.

Everyone got played

2001400ex

You guys act like there's no history on minimum wage increases to determine the effects.

CuntWaffle

I think people should be able to support a family of 3 on minimum wage but not a family of 4... That's just being ridiculous.

RaceBannon

CuntWaffle said:

I think people should be able to support a family of 3 on minimum wage but not a family of 4... That's just being ridiculous.

The bread winner should aspire to minimum wage employment

TurdBomber

RaceBannon said:

CuntWaffle said:

I think people should be able to support a family of 3 on minimum wage but not a family of 4... That's just being ridiculous.

The bread winner should aspire to minimum wage employment

A-Fucking-Men!

TurdBomber

So the gas station attendant should be paid enough to buy a house, send his kids to college, cover his healthcare costs, his vacation pay, life insurance, retirement savings, and on and on, in Sawant's world. Then, why aspire to be anything more than a gas station attendant? Fuck it. You're set for life.

That's not Socialism, friends. That's Communism. And our grandfathers are rolling in their graves.

BallSacked

RaceBannon said:

It's so fucking vital that it will be fully implemented in 2022 in California. All the GOP voted against it because they hate the poor. Allegedly. Dems passed it but you can't have it.

Everyone got played

Shouldn't you be happy? You just got a raise.

RaceBannon

BallSacked said:

RaceBannon said:

It's so fucking vital that it will be fully implemented in 2022 in California. All the GOP voted against it because they hate the poor. Allegedly. Dems passed it but you can't have it.

Everyone got played

Shouldn't you be happy? You just got a raise.

Shouldn't you be gone with your boyfriend Chest?

BallSacked

RaceBannon said:

BallSacked said:

RaceBannon said:

It's so fucking vital that it will be fully implemented in 2022 in California. All the GOP voted against it because they hate the poor. Allegedly. Dems passed it but you can't have it.

Everyone got played

Shouldn't you be happy? You just got a raise.

Shouldn't you be gone with your boyfriend Chest?

Wow. You seem mad.

I'm in your head Bannon.

greenblood

Will I at least get to keep my tomatoes on my quarter pounders?

Ice_Holmvik

@TurdBuffer is right. Why spend years perfecting the craft of buffing turds and making your way up the turd buffing ladder only to have some pimply faced turd sniffer get that same amount of money that Turd Buffer gets? TB perfected the craft of buffing turds. It is hard and arduos work that requires attention to detail. Then some kid fresh out of high school comes in sniffing turds from day one and gets paid the same amount of money or within a dollar or two of what Turd Buffer earns after spending 15 years of hard work perfecting his craft? Bullshit! You suddenly move the first job employees into the middle class and the middle class into the first job clas and it is a recipe for disaster. Like TB said what is his incentive to Buff a turd better now? NONE. What is the incentive for turd sniffer to move up to Turd handler and then maybe turd buffer? NONE. It is fucking socialism at its base form.

*Note to TurdBuffer
I meant no disrespect in this post.

Fire_Marshall_Bill

The higher minimum wage in Seattle hasn't killed off businesses, raised unemployment, or raised the price of goods and services there by 25%. Keep freaking out though.

Ice_Holmvik

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

The higher minimum wage in Seattle hasn't killed off businesses, raised unemployment, or raised the price of goods and services there by 25%. Keep freaking out though.

Seattle is a unique market. A lot of high tech jobs and high paying sales jobs. In the short term Seattle has enough wealth to overlook the problems. Try it in Yakima or Spokane and you will see results much faster.

TurdBomber

Bill: Alaskan Amber is 9.99 a 6 pack at my local store. Last year it was 7.99. That's not 25%, but it is 20%. Literally every item at the grocery store, corner store, or restaurant has increased at least 15% over the past year.

The unusually hi-paying jobs among younger, single workers, also makes Seattle an unusual environment to measure the effects since they easily absorb the price increases without sacrificing much of their consumption.

I don't think $15 will hurt Seattle overall, but it's going to change things where, for example, a person pays 1/2 of a barrista's hourly wage by buying one coffee drink.

doogsinparadise

TurdBuffer said:

Bill: Alaskan Amber is 9.99 a 6 pack at my local store. Last year it was 7.99. That's not 25%, but it is 20%. Literally every item at the grocery store, corner store, or restaurant has increased at least 15% over the past year.

The unusually hi-paying jobs among younger, single workers, also makes Seattle an unusual environment to measure the effects since they easily absorb the price increases without sacrificing much of their consumption.

I don't think $15 will hurt Seattle overall, but it's going to change things where, for example, a person pays 1/2 of a barrista's hourly wage by buying one coffee drink.

Well you're buying your beer at the wrong place BROTHER, because I just bought a sixer of Lagunita at Trader Joe's for 7.99. An Americano still costs about 2.50 plus tip, an inexpensive haircut is still $20-25, and if most restaurants have changed their pricing structures outside of the trend I haven't noticed.

greenblood

doogsinparadise said:

TurdBuffer said:

Bill: Alaskan Amber is 9.99 a 6 pack at my local store. Last year it was 7.99. That's not 25%, but it is 20%. Literally every item at the grocery store, corner store, or restaurant has increased at least 15% over the past year.

The unusually hi-paying jobs among younger, single workers, also makes Seattle an unusual environment to measure the effects since they easily absorb the price increases without sacrificing much of their consumption.

I don't think $15 will hurt Seattle overall, but it's going to change things where, for example, a person pays 1/2 of a barrista's hourly wage by buying one coffee drink.

Well you're buying your beer at the wrong place BROTHER, because I just bought a sixer of Lagunita at Trader Joe's for 7.99. An Americano still costs about 2.50 plus tip, an inexpensive haircut is still $20-25, and if most restaurants have changed their pricing structures outside of the trend I haven't noticed.

If you aren't buying cases from Costco, you're failing.

Fire_Marshall_Bill

TurdBuffer said:

Bill: Alaskan Amber is 9.99 a 6 pack at my local store. Last year it was 7.99. That's not 25%, but it is 20%. Literally every item at the grocery store, corner store, or restaurant has increased at least 15% over the past year.

The unusually hi-paying jobs among younger, single workers, also makes Seattle an unusual environment to measure the effects since they easily absorb the price increases without sacrificing much of their consumption.

I don't think $15 will hurt Seattle overall, but it's going to change things where, for example, a person pays 1/2 of a barrister's hourly wage by buying one coffee drink.

Well there's a petition or some kind of movement to raise Arizona's to 12. I doubt it will happen but I can see it being raised to about 9 to 9.50 (it's a little over 8 now). it's a national movement, even in red states.

I actually agree with you in that the hike is probably too extreme and does raise prices too much in some cases. It should probably be gradually raised to something more like $11.50 or $12 there. Still I'd rather see the $15 wage than the status quo though, or the idea of abolishing it. There's enough poverty in this country as is. If you let the rich libertarian types get their way, the race to the bottom will just ramp up to another degree.