Seattle Raises Minimum Wage $15 Per Hour...

[smitty]

The president wants it raised to 10.10/hr, but we can all volunteer to work for $3.00/hr. That would really help the unemployment rate. You guys didnt complain when the minimum wage wasv raised before, but now that president Obama has suggested it, it is the end of the world as we know it. You guys are pathetic. Smh

Again -- the question is not hard:  If raising the minimum wage helps the unemployment rate -- then why not make the min wage $50 per hour?  Or $100 per hour?  I mean, if this is what solves unemployment, why stop at $15?  Why is that the magical number? 

[smitty]

Smitty did we have a100% employment rate the last time it was raised? When is the last time you got a raise? Has it been 6 yrs or longer?

I was trying to make a point that raising the minimum wage actually hurts employment!

[stevenash]

You are wrong Smitty because President Obama said it helps the economy and he never lies. ( But, then again, he also said the 10 trillion deficit he inherited would be cut in half by the end of his term and here it is at 17 trillion)

[Big girl]

Were you ticked off when it was raised when other presidents were in office?

[Big girl]

Again -- the question is not hard: If raising the minimum wage helps the unemployment rate -- then why not make the min wage $50 per hour? Or $100 per hour? I mean, if this is what solves unemployment, why stop at $15? Why is that the magical number?

or we can all volunteer to work for $3.00 /hr which will really help the employment rate. W

[Big girl]

Let companies pay us anything they want to, let's do away with the minimum wage all together.

[stevenash]

Or, lets let the market decide.  Lets have workers become desireable employees, thereby forcing competitors to pay more than other companies are paying.  That happens when you have a robust economy and employers looking aggressively to find the most productive employees they can find.  A fast and strongly growing economy will do more for wages than any government edict ever will.  But the current mentality is not to seek to improve oneself but rather have the government guarantee a certain wage level.  Please point out an economy that has been successful and maintained that success via more taxes, more regulation, and government mandated wages.

[77]

Under the Obama economy raising the min. wage is the only way folks can get a raise because he sure aint growing it!

[tvc184]

The minimum wage was 5.15, it was then raised to 7.25 and the US has not collapsed. President obama wants it raised to 10.10/hr

 

That simply is not true unless you intentionally skipped two step raises in between $5.15 and $7.25. 

 

If you want to do it that way, the MW was $1.60 when I started working so it went from $1.60 to $7.25. 

[stevenash]

Its very simple.  Big Girl believes that big government is the solution.  She believes that big government is better at resolving such issues than the markets are.  The markets have already told us, via solyndra and the debt default of the U.S. Postal service that big government is not a good solution.  And only the kool aid consumers continue to accept anything offered by Mr.  Obama without question.

[smitty]

Were you ticked off when it was raised when other presidents were in office?

Yes!

[smitty]

Its very simple.  Big Girl believes that big government is the solution.  She believes that big government is better at resolving such issues than the markets are.  The markets have already told us, via solyndra and the debt default of the U.S. Postal service that big government is not a good solution.  And only the kool aid consumers continue to accept anything offered by Mr.  Obama without question.

BigGirl, give us examples of what big government is better at doing than the private sector!

[stevenash]

SHe is going to talk about police and fire departments.

[Bigdog]

It was $3.75 when I started work and went to $4.26 a few months later. Still didn't make a big difference because it caused something called inflation , google it Big Girl.

[baddog]

This country is going to be nothing but an unskilled labor force.

[stevenash]

Which assures the dems of power in the election as the unskilled are inclined to vote for free stuff

[LumRaiderFan]

Which assures the dems of power in the election as the unskilled are inclined to vote for free stuff

Bingo...sadly.

[PAMFAM10]

Bingo...sadly.

So dems only get votes via welfare. Gay marriage, abortion, immigration, economy, had nothing to do with it. The Republican ship is sinking because they're on the less popular side of top issues today not because of welfare. Find a more appealing approach.

[Big girl]

I know right. The poorest states are red states. ( I will never understand why those people vote for the Republicans).

[Big girl]

Ignorance, I am guessing.

[thetragichippy]

I know right. The poorest states are red states. ( I will never understand why those people vote for the Republicans).

Really?  You should stop making up stuff......

 

Thirteen of the top 14 best states for business and economic competitiveness are led by Republican governors, according to the 2013 edition of an annual study by CNBC.

 

http://www.ijreview.com/2013/07/64934-republican-governed-states-crush-democrats-in-economic-competitiveness-rankings/

[stevenash]

Making things up is what the left does best.   Just like Susan Rice saying that the Mr. Bergdahl served in the armed forces with distinction.

[stevenash]

Detroit is a great example of the lefts approach to business and the economy.

[tvc184]

So dems only get votes via welfare. Gay marriage, abortion, immigration, economy, had nothing to do with it. The Republican ship is sinking because they're on the less popular side of top issues today not because of welfare. Find a more appealing approach.

 

..... and the Dems are sweating that the sinking ship might be about to take over complete control of Congress. 

[PAMFAM10]

..... and the Dems are sweating that the sinking ship might be about to take over complete control of Congress.

we'll still have our guy/gal in the white house threw 2024