73% of Americans Support Raising the Minimum Wage To $10 An Hour, including 50% of Republicans

So what?

What if 75% of Americans wanted to cut the corporate tax rate. That means we should do it and it is a good idea, right?

PS: raising the minimum wage drives up unemployment and increases poverty.

as well as the cost of goods across the board and gives everyone less purchasing power.

Hell, if its a great idea lets just make it $15 an hour

It all sounds good in theory doesnt it and if it really worked I would be all for it but sadly it doesnt

Although minimum wages do increase the incomes of some poor families, the evidence indicates that their net effect is, if anything, to increase the proportions of families with incomes below or near the poverty line. Thus, it would appear that reductions in the proportions of families that are poor or near-poor should not be counted among the potential benefits of minimum wages.

https://ideas.repec.org/p/fip/fedcwp/0412.html

Then you must be for some form of government assistance in health care, since money is the single biggest influential factor in receiving quality medical care.

And anyone who thinks that there isn't currently an incentive for heard work is clearly not paying attention.

Quote Originally Posted by wallstreetcappers:

Yeah no need to try and close the massive chasm between the pleebs and the elite.

wall

what does this do to your pizza business?

You would raise prices right....instead of $15 a pie its now how much?

Does this give the min wager worker anymore buying power than before? Has it improved their lot in life at all? Maybe if they are not a consumer of goods including food bc the cost of all that stuff will be going up to offset the wage increase and every industry will follow suit.

Quote Originally Posted by bowlslit:

DJbrow

We can have a system that rewards people for hard work. We cannot guarantee that it works all the time for everybody, raising minimum wage and eliminating FULL TIME jobs seem to be what matters most to some liberals.

Obamacare is eroding full time jobs. Raising minimum wages increases costs for goods and services which will eliminate more jobs indirectly.

Are you saying that you want a system that rewards people for 'herd' work? For the sheeple?

What wall and stiln are advocating for is closing the gap between the wealthy and the poor. How else can this be accomplished without eliminating the current reward system that exists.

Note: Please show me where I said there is currently no such system.

I have seen no one on this site advocate for eliminating full time jobs.

No one is suggesting that we need to change the current system. Adding $1 to the per hour pay (which I do not support, btw), is not suddenly changing the system from reward based, despite what right wing extremists like yourself seem to believe.

Companies that do not support ObamaCare suggest that it is costing jobs. I have pointed out time and time again, this simply is not true. A company is free to pass on any cost of insurance to its employee it chooses. It can make the employee 100% responsible.

Wall

Of course it was lower when you were younger

I am not getting cross my dear friend.....we have 7.8% unemployment (more like 16%-20% probably) and business will survive is all you have to say. 

1) Biz do not "owe" people jobs

2) You def never owned a business otherwise you would not be so cavalier in your text book replies concerning running one. You know how to read a balance sheet which is commendable but if you want a real world education I suggest you jump the fence and become a fulltime business owner with employees etc etc and all the glorious fun that comes with it.

Not hating my friend, I just find it laughable that people think if we juust tax business or the rich everything will be just fine and neither the rich nor the biz will adjust to the new rules.

Carry on