For People Who Do Not Understand

[Silver]

Prices vary dependent upon the area.

[Minimalist]

Dumb question.
Are big Macs the same price right throughout America or have they been carefully fiscally adjusted to suit demographics.

I'd have to go into one to find out.

That's asking a lot.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Dumb question.
Are big Macs the same price right throughout America or have they been carefully fiscally adjusted to suit demographics.

Here's some info on world prices> http://www.swifty.com/lifestyle/4767/14-...ld/#page=1

[SteelCurtain]

The problem comes with small businesses.

My family restaurant that was barely staying afloat would have basically doubled it's employee costs with raising the minimum wage to $15.00/hr.

The US Government and the "Rising Tides Lift all Boats" fallacy failed to tie the MW to inflation and cost of living increases. If you kept them tied, businesses could keep up with the influx of cash in their marketplace. Now, with large jumps in MW necessary to pay unskilled workers a minimum wage, it is an untenable situation.

I think the answer comes in keeping the average welfare payouts the same, and moving the money towards small businesses that shoulder the load for MW increases. So if an city/municipality normally paid out $XX in welfare, when all of these people that collected no longer qualify, you shift the money for 5 or so years into employee tax rebates for small businesses under a certain number of employees.

Some variation in that theme would help.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

The problem comes with small businesses.

My family restaurant that was barely staying afloat would have basically doubled it's employee costs with raising the minimum wage to $15.00/hr.

The US Government and the "Rising Tides Lift all Boats" fallacy failed to tie the MW to inflation and cost of living increases. If you kept them tied, businesses could keep up with the influx of cash in their marketplace. Now, with large jumps in MW necessary to pay unskilled workers a minimum wage, it is an untenable situation.

I think the answer comes in keeping the average welfare payouts the same, and moving the money towards small businesses that shoulder the load for MW increases. So if an city/municipality normally paid out $XX in welfare, when all of these people that collected no longer qualify, you shift the money for 5 or so years into employee tax rebates for small businesses under a certain number of employees.

Some variation in that theme would help.

The reality is that it takes a lot of man hours of labor to operate any business.  If the owner can't supply those man hours from his own family he has to pay workers.  If he can't pay for the workers then he's in the wrong business.  He has to pay full price for utilities and other operating costs.  Why should he be able to steal labor from his workers?  That's what slavery is all about.

[Meandering Atheist -J-]

There are plenty of republicunts who would do away with a minimum wage entirely and rely on their bullshit "market" to starve people.  Oh.  And then they complain that these people are getting food stamps while the taxpayers subsidize rich corporations. 

I agree it isn't perfect.  It is merely better than what is in second place.

This is amazing. It's as if you think republicans WANT poor people to starve. It's not that capitalism has (unquestionably) made poor people's lives better, or that charities are more efficient at getting the resources to the people who need it, it's that REPUBLICANS ARE EVIL AND WANT POOR PEOPLE TO SUFFER AND DIE HORRIBLE GRUESOME DEATHS.

What are you going to do with the people who aren't worth $15/hr? It's an honest question.

[Minimalist]

Right about now you are looking like $2.50 an hour.

Pompous little shit, aren't you?

[Meandering Atheist -J-]

Pompous little shit, aren't you?

Yes.

What will happen to people who don't make their companies $15 in each hour they work? Surely this is going to force quite a few people out of work, no? Raising the minimum wage doesn't just make everyone richer. It has negative consequences and I'm asking you what you think will happen.

[Minimalist]

How much do you think you're worth, pal?

[Meandering Atheist -J-]

How much do you think you're worth, pal?

I have a job and it's more than $15/hr, if that's what you're asking.

What do you think are the negative aspects of raising the minimum wage?