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Los Angeles
May 20, 2015 at 3:01 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonk...s_business
Quote:Supporters applaud on May 19 as the Los Angeles City Council votes to raise the minimum wage in the city to $15 an hour by 2020, making it the largest city in the nation to do so.
2020? So, don't hold your breath.
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RE: Los Angeles
May 20, 2015 at 3:04 pm
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I'm like: they raise minimum wage to 15$?! WTF is going on!
Then read the date. Oh.
I guess they'll subsidize it with all the profits from Fusion power.
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RE: Los Angeles
May 20, 2015 at 3:05 pm
Fusion power needs water. Los Angeles is suffering from an acute shortage of water. The current drought afflicting LA is the worst in 1200 years.
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RE: Los Angeles
May 20, 2015 at 3:13 pm
I don't understand. How hard is it to... I dunno... just raise the damn thing? Why do they have to wait five years?
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RE: Los Angeles
May 20, 2015 at 3:15 pm
(May 20, 2015 at 3:13 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I don't understand. How hard is it to... I dunno... just raise the damn thing? Why do they have to wait five years?
They're probably expecting people to forget about it to then later make an exception and raise it less or none at all.
It hurts the economy to pay the labour class a liveable wage, right?
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RE: Los Angeles
May 20, 2015 at 3:17 pm
No, actually it helps and, if you get them above the poverty line then you don't incur the costs of welfare that the city/state have to pay.
Right now, all we are doing is subsidizing these greedy corporate motherfuckers.
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RE: Los Angeles
May 20, 2015 at 3:19 pm
(May 20, 2015 at 3:13 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I don't understand. How hard is it to... I dunno... just raise the damn thing? Why do they have to wait five years?
Probably it is a question of getting the votes for it. I would imagine some would like it immediately, but some are only okay with the idea of it being a bit in the future.
Also, with it being in the future, everyone can plan for it.
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RE: Los Angeles
May 20, 2015 at 3:30 pm
(May 20, 2015 at 3:17 pm)Minimalist Wrote: No, actually it helps and, if you get them above the poverty line then you don't incur the costs of welfare that the city/state have to pay.
Right now, all we are doing is subsidizing these greedy corporate motherfuckers.
You did notice my sarcasm, right?
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RE: Los Angeles
May 20, 2015 at 3:36 pm
(May 20, 2015 at 3:17 pm)Minimalist Wrote: No, actually it helps and, if you get them above the poverty line then you don't incur the costs of welfare that the city/state have to pay.
Right now, all we are doing is subsidizing these greedy corporate motherfuckers.
Yes. Right now, people who make minimum wage in some places are collecting food stamps because they are too poor to make it on their own. When we allow companies to pay starvation wages, everyone who pays taxes is being suckered into supporting the practice.
As for the idiotic claim that jobs will be lost, a job that pays starvation wages isn't worth having. The main point of working is to be able to support yourself, and if working does not do that, what the hell is the point of it?
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RE: Los Angeles
May 20, 2015 at 4:14 pm
Why not higher? Why is $15 the magic number? Is there some study out there that I'm not aware of that says $15 will solve the poverty problem?
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