I'm assuming you are for a minimum wage increase.
Why? What do you think it will do? Put more money in your pocket? No. Basic 8th grade economics teaches you that. Maybe you didn't go to 8th grade so let me explain it like I would to a small child or a black person.
IN A PERFECT WORLD WHERE EVERYONE IS HONEST AND FAIR, your wages would go up and so would everyone else's equally. Great right? Except all those wages have to be paid, which means all your bills go up the same amount that your wage increased. So you don't make any more money. The companies you pay don't make any more money. The ONLY entity that makes more money is the government, because they tax by dollars made and spent, not by profit margins. So you don't win, nobody else wins, only the government wins by stealing more money.
WE DONT LIVE IN A PERFECT WORLD. So people who make more than minimum wage will NOT get comparable raises, devaluing their skills and our workforce as a whole. Bills whose labor costs DIDNT increase will still increase costs because everyone else is and it gives them an excuse. The government STILL taxes more because you make more money, and all the wealth gets funneled to the people already in power.
So YOU LOSE. THEY LOSE. EVERYONE LOSES. GOOD JOB IDIOT.
So out of curiosity, how do we encourage people to take jobs that are open, but not wanted due to the low pay? There's 3 openings in my store, as people are leaving, what for? Gibs. It's much less money, but they feel their hours aren't worth the minimum wage.
I've had a few CVs and most people only hand them in to keep getting their benefits and then don't show up. I'm not allowed to increase the pay, but nobody wants it. Thank god my staff are happy with me and will take the overtime, but I'm giving them a bonus out of pocket. (20 each so not a lot).
Limiting and lowering unemployment.
You stop all welfare, all unemployment, all government healthcare. When the lazy start getting hungry, they'll be less lazy.
Or get very very violent because they have nothing left to lose and of course it's likely to be political suicide for them.
Solution : Work for min.wage.collect all the Govt. subsides you can.
Work for a job that pays you what you can afford to live on and stop living beyond your means. Don't want to work for minimum wage? Do a harder job or a job that requires a talent skill or education. They are begging for plumber apprentices, ac apprentices, gas techs, electrician helpers, no experience or school needed 13-15 an hour to start all over this area. If you can't find a job that pays more than 7 bucks an hour then you need to work that job until you can. But you can.
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