RE: In case anyone loses sight of what these republican cocksuckers want
February 8, 2012 at 6:28 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2012 at 6:29 pm by reverendjeremiah.)
(February 8, 2012 at 6:15 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Australia's minimum wage is $15.51 per hour or $589.30 per week.
Quote:As of July 24, 2009 (2009 -07-24), the federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 per hour
Or $290 per week. Of course, there are exemptions to even this princely sum and minimum wage jobs traditionally have virtually zero "benefits" attached.
What you forgot, Min, is that there is a law saying that if an employee is employed full time, then they must offer them benefits. To get around this, the minimum wage employers work them 32 hours per week
$232 if you are lucky on a min wage job.
Also, most min wage employers pay bi-weekly. So if you start a job, it takes you about a month to actually see you first paycheck, because they hold back the first paycheck.
Can you imagine working for 32 hours a week for 4 weeks straight before seeing your first pay, which only amounts to about two hundred bucks? No wonder our country is so fucking fucked in the head right now.
