why is min wage so low

[fightingwarrior]

7.00 a hour is a joke


how can 1 person buy a car a house or live the american dream.

[fsugolf]

they don't

They rent, take the bus and live a nightmare

[fightingwarrior]

yeah it is horrible.if there going to school there just adding debt as well to there bills.


student loans for a bachelor is more than 20,000.00 imagine 23 years old owes 23 and cant get a damm job.over quailifed with no job experience.

[Fishhead]

they don't

They rent, take the bus and live a nightmare

[Boner_18]

A two earner household working 40/week makes 29,120. Well above the poverty line. The problem comes in describing what people "need" to survive. Hint: you do not need cable tv to survive.

[fightingwarrior]

living in a big city like miami it doesnt even matter rent here is 800+ unless your living in the ghetto or something or shack for 400 but under 400 is impossible.+food water no internet im assuming.just work work work and pay off bills never get ahead until you find another job.

if mcdonalds lays you off than homeless.

[fightingwarrior]

2 people i said 1 and yeah thats true but how many have student loans and credit card bills they cant afford.70 percent make these dumb mistakes and it seems like they will never get out of a hole.

[Emily_Haines]

most people don't work for $7 an hour

people working shitty factory jobs and digging ditches make 10-12 an hour

the $7 jobs go to kids that still live at home

[BeeMore]

A two earner household working 40/week makes 29,120. Well above the poverty line. The problem comes in describing what people "need" to survive. Hint: you do not need cable tv to survive.

cable tv may be fine with that money if you buy the cheapest plan possible

you do not need an hdtv plasma screen to survive though

[DeluxeLiner]

It's 9 dollars here but most people get 10 min.

[ProfaneReality]

minimum wage should be 10+ an hour

if you cant afford to pay your workers that, then you shouldnt be in business.

Thats the real stimulus plan.. imagine the boost in the economy if minimum wage was significantly raised.. these are the people who are spending and putting the money right back into the economy.. not hoarding it in banks and hedge funds.

[marcoloco]

i heard a statistic (never took the time to research or to verify it) but it was, if you make min wage in the US and work 30+ hours a week, you make more than 65% of the worlds population

something along those lines

[thezbar]

8 bucks an hour in California.

[Dad]

I believe the min wage here in CA is $8 per hour. You are not supposed to be able to buy a house working at Burger King.

[MadTiger]

they don't They rent, take the bus and live a nightmare

LOL!!!

I owe you points for this. Remind me tomorrow. Fa real. hahahaha.

[mnorrell]

The american dream also requires hard work, which is something that most people aren't willing to do. America is not land of the free handouts.

To say a bachelors degree is not worth the money is just dumb. The average person with a worth while bachelors degree makes over 1.4 million than a person that didn't go to college. Not to mention the government gives out scholarships, grants, and the interest on loans is deductable.

[Extra Innings]

You can rent plenty of houses and apartments for 400.00/month. If you can't afford to live off 7.00 an hour.....MOVE...

[teaserpleaser]

You can rent plenty of houses and apartments for 400.00/month. If you can't afford to live off 7.00 an hour.....MOVE...

400? this must be midwest? oklahoma is dirt cheap from what i've been told. dont think you can find a home for $400. $700 min for a studio here.

[Mattn3236]

Minimum wage is so low so the higher ranked employees are not paid so high.

[Extra Innings]

400? this must be midwest? oklahoma is dirt cheap from what i've been told. dont think you can find a home for $400. $700 min for a studio here.

Western PA/Ohio If you're working 7.00 an hour than there is no need to move where there is employment....tons of walmart's, gas stations, etc here that will hire.

[Doug]

The employer has to make money from employing you otherwise your job shouldn't exist.

You can't just increase minimum wage to $25/ hour without creating inflation....If you do, then the $1 menu at McD's becomes the $3 menu and everything else triples in cost along with it. You wouldn't be any better off, or might be entirely unemployable if MW goes too high.

A stable currency is better. Making yourself worth more than $7/ hour is the answer, if possible. Even illegals usually make over the minimum.

You can't legislate prosperity.

[Carseller4]

I worked for minimum wage once. I think I was 16 years old. Back then it was $3.35 an hour.

[dodger33]

7.00 a hour is a joke how can 1 person buy a car a house or live the american dream.

Go to school and you won't have that problem. Don't like school. Go to a trade school. I don't care how lazy/stupid you are you can still make 21,000 just by trying a little. Don't do drugs, don't gamble, don't buy shit you don't need. It is simple. People have come to EXPECT government assistance and that is the problem with this country.

minimum wage should be 10+ an hour if you cant afford to pay your workers that, then you shouldnt be in business. Thats the real stimulus plan.. imagine the boost in the economy if minimum wage was significantly raised.. these are the people who are spending and putting the money right back into the economy.. not hoarding it in banks and hedge funds.

This must be the dumbest post I have ever seen. Clearly sir you have never taken a business course or have owned your own business. Small business is the backbone of this country. You are part of the problem not the solution. When did we start expecting and relying on the government to provide for us. What ever happened to hard work and a good education. May i suggest a good economics 101 class to you so you can get your head out of your a$$.

[mike1814]

i worked at minimum wage when i was 17 and didn't complain. 7 bucks to flip burgers or ring people out nowadays. sounds fine. if you want more be aggressive. people are lazy.

[k13]

Its $10.25 here in Ontario.

Which is pretty much for majority of jobs

If you have a degree and so on, maybe you'll get $12.5.

[Doc JS]

I worked for minimum wage once. I think I was 16 years old. Back then it was $3.35 an hour.

$1.65 an hour when I was a teenager back in the day...

Doc

[teaserpleaser]

Western PA/Ohio If you're working 7.00 an hour than there is no need to move where there is employment....tons of walmart's, gas stations, etc here that will hire.

yep you are right i had a co-worker from PA and told me the cost of living there. Still hard to believe

[MJFtheGenius]

pretty aure min wage in PA is $5.25

thats what i get paid

[Smoke]

most people who make min wage still have one of the old school big box tv's and no cable, i couldn't imagine living without my cable and HDtv

[mnorrell]

Go to school and you won't have that problem. Don't like school. Go to a trade school. I don't care how lazy/stupid you are you can still make 21,000 just by trying a little. Don't do drugs, don't gamble, don't buy shit you don't need. It is simple. People have come to EXPECT government assistance and that is the problem with this country.

This must be the dumbest post I have ever seen. Clearly sir you have never taken a business course or have owned your own business. Small business is the backbone of this country. You are part of the problem not the solution. When did we start expecting and relying on the government to provide for us. What ever happened to hard work and a good education. May i suggest a good economics 101 class to you so you can get your head out of your a$$.

Couldn't have said it better myself. People think that raising minimum wage solves all the answers, but in fact it hurts the middle to lower class more. If you force the local meat market, flower shop, grocery store, etc. to raise prices they, in turn, are going to pass at the very least some of that cost to the consumer. Milke, eggs, and bread will all go up and take just as much of a percentage of your income, if not more, than it did before.

[Muggy]

I've thought about this and I'm thinking it's the corporate big wigs who push for legislation who actually control if/when the minimum wage is changed and what the wage is. Think about it, if dudes working at BK and McD's were making significantly more, they'd be losing out on a ton of profit. I'd totally say raise the wages of workers and take a little money out of the rich, but then I'd be labeled a Commu... you get the point.

[Doug]

Unfortunately 150-200% of minimum wage is now reality for many that have some skills. The US has become much closer to the world average. One could easily have a degree and still not make 40k or worse yet, be over-qualified for for a 20k job and be unemployable BECAUSE of their degree !

Jobs are one of the largest thing the US now exports.

Go to college but get a degree in something useful....like maybe nursing...no liberal arts BS.

I have a step-daughter with a degree in counseling ( like drug/ alcohol counselor type). She never got a job doing that. She went to work for an insurance company ( a position in human resources helping new employees become orientated) at about 50k, lost the job ( layed off) after 2-3 years. She has a 200k mortgage. She worked retail after being canned. She got a job doing admissions at a nursing home for $18/ hour ( same thing she did while in college).

She has a pretty useless degree.... but it did open the door to the insurance company job. If she went for being an RN or such she'd be way better off now. This is reality. Get a degree in the right field !

[k13]

You guys know what happens when everyone has a degree, someone still has to work those min. wage jobs and it won't be kids or students.

[Extra Innings]

pretty aure min wage in PA is $5.25

thats what i get paid

Starting salary at Sheetz is 8 bucks an hour with benefits

[mnorrell]

If you go to college and get a BS degree with 500 other people in your graduating class, then it should come to no suprise if you have trouble finding a job out of college. The point of college is to learn NEW tools that separate you from other people. If you go to a degree like lib. arts, history, or some crap like that you limit yourself.

Why do you think the plumber, electrician, and AC guy get paid so much? Because they can do something that the average person cannot. If you knew how, then you wouldn't call their asses. Get off your ass, learn a trade, work hard, and get rewarded for it.