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Originally Posted by Elphaba
Individual states set their own minimum wage as long as it is not less than the federal minimum. Washington state adjusts it's mw annually based upon a cost of living formula and in January it will increase to $7.86 (I might be off a few cents).
My point is that state legislatures should be catching some heat as well, if they are merely waiting to be "forced" by the feds to raise their mw.
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Ohio's minimum wage is $2.15. That's what employers have to pay anyone that works in a "tipping or gratuity" job such as waiters, waitresses and even pizza places. These places have to show though that these workers make at least $5.25/hour or adjust.
They use this neat little chart where you claim your tips and to avoid people lieing they take the average of what is reported. So if you have someone who writes to the penny what they get and they show they made say $7/hr in tips the company is then justified in the pay.
What I find pathetic is anyone who supports this. How can ANYONE support people making less than $30,000 a year working 40 hours a week? I feel if someone works 40 hours a week they should make enough to live semi comfortably and not need to worry about bills.
What these geniuses who support these wages don't understand is that by paying people fucking low salaries you need to tax the rich more to make up the differences, you need to use tax money to help these people pay bills (I.E. aid for electric, heating, food stamps, healthcare, etc.). Whereas, if you pay people enough to live on you have a better tax base, you need less taxes to support those aid programs and you in the long run have a healthier and stronger economy.
The hypocritical party line is to cry about how the family is being torn apart because both parents have to work to make it, yet they support wages where both parents have to work to make it.
If you raise wages to where people can make it on 1 income, I think you'll find more "traditional" families with a stay at home parent. That in turn makes more job openings which in turn increases salaries even more, which increases the tax bases and the overall economy.