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Originally Posted by stevo
Then why are you in favor of government mandated pay levels? Based on your argument, by being allowed to set the prices for your workers you developed a successful business plan. While others who only paid their employees as little as they could went under. It looks like the market is working and you should be in favor of letting the market dictate the wages.
Also, minimum wage increases are supported by unions more than anyone else. Once the minimum wage increases the unions are able to lobby for wage increases for their members since the lowest wage earners are earning so much more now, then the unions can collect more dues.
And if this minimum wage increase arguement is about a living wage and caring for the poor, why aren't the socialists on this board upsed that the suggested minimum wage increase was only a dollar and change? - if you wanted a truely livable wage, you would stop nothing short of demanding a minimum wage of $17 an hour. If you are not happy with a $6 minimum wage, why would you be happy with a $7 minimum wage? Whats an extra $10 a day going to do for anyone? And you might as well argue that everyone should be taxed 100% on anything over $34,000, and that money be given to those who make less, this way everyone can have the same liveable standards.
Or better yet, build a time machine and travel back to the soviet union, or hell, just move to modern day cuba where a doctor and a janitor make the same measly dollars each month. but now every cuban has the opportunity to buy pressure cookers from the government on credit. But they finally got the pressure cooker, thats the good news.
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How can you argue with this? No rationale, no debate, just insults and attacks.....
God save this country from ourselves.
I really have no idea why people are so against others making decent wages for working hard and trying to live the American dream.
If it were up to some on here they would have the market dictate wages and the world market dictates pennies on the dollar while the rich get richer. Makes sense to me.
Keep the fucking poor poor and have the rich pay more and more in taxes to support those people. Instead of allowing them to feel self respect by making enough to live and feed their families on.
As far as what I paid, I paid it because I had a conscience, not because I had to. But had those wages come back to bite my ass I would have dropped to minimum wage and I have no problem having a force dictate how much I as an owner make while making sure my employees make decent livings, it would force me to work that much harder to better my product to increase my profit instead of lowering wages and benefits to the people that make the product that allow me to make my money.
It's easy to not do shit to improve your company and pay your workers less and keep your profit margin the same. It's harder and more work to raise wages, improve product and keep the profit...... God forbid CEO's and upper management actually have to work for their money.