Comments on: Minimum wage hike passes in House

By: topselect

topselect — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:24:35 +0000

Here in Ontario Canada, they are trying to impose a minimum wage of $10…!??? Is the purpose of ‘min. wage increase’ to make people enjoy staying at the minimum level of their earnings and life?

By: Minimum wage hike passes in House

Minimum wage hike passes in House — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:41:47 +0000

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By: Di

Di — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:36:34 +0000

For so many individuals called the “working poor” it is good to see an increase in wages. In our area numerous biz. owners are starved for staff in the service industry who want to flip burgers or manage the telephone. Due to this the employees have actually started to dictate the wages they demand to be paid. For the first time we saw counter staff at Tim Horton/Wendy’s receiving wages from $11.00 to $14.00/hour.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:35:19 +0000

Yeah, but Mark, look at it from my perspective in California: It’s jumping from $7.25 to $7.50 an hour. $7.50 an hour. Seriously? That’s ridiculous.

I remember when minimum wage was like $4.50 an hour…

By: Old Roadrunner

Old Roadrunner — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:16:53 +0000

Unemployment is now 4.5%. Wages must be pretty good the way they are without mucking about with the minimum wage.

By: Tim Linden

Tim Linden — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:52:53 +0000

It makes all those people who *just* got a raise to $7 feel like jerks.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:47:22 +0000

And yes, Mr. Stricklin, I did notice the Pelosi exemption! The only two exemptions to the minimum raise increase was Del Monte (which owns Starkist Tuna) and the island of Samoa, where Starkist employs 85% of the male populace. Smells fishy to me.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:38:49 +0000

A spike in the minimum wage screws both the incompetent and the competent person. People who aren’t worth $7.25 will be entirely unemployable, because no company will pay this much for a job poorly done. The guy who could be hired at $4.50 per hour is now left to starve. He’s not the only one who loses, though. The guy who is the best damned burger flipper in the state of Florida is now ineligible for promotion, because his raise has been equally distributed to all of his less deserving co-workers. Raising the minimum wage is just one more step towards a Socialist America, where everyone gets the same piece of the pie no matter his merits. It is a departure from the idea that good works merit reward, and an approach towards general mediocrity. I say down with the minimum wage!

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By: One Stack Mind

One Stack Mind — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:36:12 +0000

Mark at Tempus Fugit writes about the minimum wage hike that was passed by the House of Representatives: The main result of the minimum wage hike will be an increase in the unemployment of unskilled workers (i.e. the people who used to be making $5.15-$7.25). These jumps in unemployment have always followed an increase in the Federal minimum wage. The

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:08:02 +0000

In my opinion minimum wages hinder the growth of the economy. Wages should be regulated by the market itself. If the wages become lower and lower, unskilled workers maybe will become more creative and realize their own business. So economy will be boosted.

By: Dave Fourputt

Dave Fourputt — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:36:46 +0000

And what gives the government the right to order a business owner what to pay to their employees?

By: Charles Stricklin

Charles Stricklin — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:38:48 +0000

Did anybody notice how Speaker Pelosi managed to work in exemptions to businesses in her district?

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 02:17:05 +0000

What does it take to become an unskilled worker? Do I have to live in a bubble all my life? Everyone has to have some sort of skill. Now if your talking about skill being a degree or some sort of more advanced training in a certain area that’s different.
Although I will admit, anything above 5.50 is too high to be a minimum. Is cost of living alot higher then it was 4 years ago? Why did they increase it in the first place?
My first job like ALOT of Americans was McDonalds and I was excited when I got $5.25 an hour.