Call to boost federal minimum wage earns mixed reviews

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The president, during his fifth State of the Union address, proposed increasing the hourly rate from $7.25. He said those workers currently have an annual salary of $14,500.


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[irish_2003]

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NOBODY ACTUALLY WORKS FULLTIME MINIMUM WAGE...the argument for higher min wage is bullshit...all it will do is cause companies to ONLY pay min wage then...dems are so f'n stupid..they don't wanna admit that liberalism is a vehicle to keep people poor and controlled...

[BABY1]

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Illinois governer wants to raise it to $10

[sofargone561]

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if your working fll time at minimum wage trying to pay bills of that chances are your such a **** up or retard thats really all you deserve. grandted i dont make jack shit but considering my age backround and education i make decent money

[sensitivenips]

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it sucks that whoever made the decision to have kids before building a career path that they have to resort to minimum wage for funding, that is what i consider a poor life decision. not my fault celibacy wasnt practiced with that individual(s), therefore i shouldnt have to suffer in the name of those poor people living in poverty. if you increase minimum wage naturally you are increasing the cost of living. either our president has some really unintelligent advisors and doesnt understand simple economics, or he is extremely smart and is using this as a diversion tactic from all the other real problems we have these days; and i dont believe our president is stupid.

[sofargone561]

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im down for raising wages across the board for working class and lowering governmental jobs. maybe if they didnt make 6 figure salaries and made 40k a year they would care much more about us

[maxseg]

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im down for raising wages across the board for working class and lowering governmental jobs. maybe if they didnt make 6 figure salaries and made 40k a year they would care much more about us

Define "governmental jobs".

[sofargone561]

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let em rephrase i mean politicians. not anyone who has a government job

[maxseg]

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let em rephrase i mean politicians. not anyone who has a government job

Thanks Brother, cause I sure as hell dont make six figures....lol

[sofargone561]

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Thanks Brother, cause I sure as hell dont make six figures....lol

lol i actually have a lot of family who have govermental jobs weather it be local state or fed. those are not the guys im talking about. im talking about the big guys. the ones who call the shots people in big power positions i should have been more specific lol

[maxseg]

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The Gov of IL is blaming the financial situation on the employees, the lil guys. They take or money for retirement and misappropriate he funds the cause a shortfall in the retirement system. Well the general public believes him. So they want to take more money out of my check but increase min. wage and not touch the leaches that want to stay home and get something for nothing.

[sofargone561]

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thats so retarded out goverment is run by crooks and out population is filled with apes and retards who want hand outs where doomed.

[sensitivenips]

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the government corruption argument is one that has been going on for decades now, this is a broken record which needs some glue or duct tape to fix, and we are plenty low on adhesives.

[sofargone561]

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we just need people to open there eyes. are at least care. america was great because of the people in it we all cared about what happend 2 us we all wanted a better military and a better country. now we want to ban guns take away constitutional rights we could care less about the country or military all we care about is getting welfare or a new 50k car when we only make 20k a year it makes no sense. when troops came home from wars they where parades and flags everywhere we had pride in our country no one gives a shit now. i dont blame politicians i mean if you can do something and people dont give a shit then why stop? i blame america

[Guest]

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NOBODY ACTUALLY WORKS FULLTIME MINIMUM WAGE...the argument for higher min wage is bullshit...all it will do is cause companies to ONLY pay min wage then...dems are so f'n stupid..they don't wanna admit that liberalism is a vehicle to keep people poor and controlled...

You're so very right my friend.All raising minimum wage does is make it harder for the businessman to keep employees.Part of the friggin problem with the economy is how much people get paid now.Im not specifically talking about minimum wage employees,im talking about everyone! The cost of living has gone up so dramatically over the yrs because to able to cover the big execs payrolls they have to charge more for goods so much that the average person cant survive.Raising the minimum wage a couple $$ will not save these peoples lives and give them the extra money they need to get ahead in life.We need to cut the fat ass execs payrolls and lower the cost of goods so the average working class people can survive and not have to work 3 or 4 jobs.

Hows this sound,there is a nationwide payroll cut of EVERYONES pay say of 20% but there is also a corresponding cost of living decrease of say 40%?? Those % are just random numbers im throwing out there but the basis for the idea is there to work from.I know the initial reaction would be..........NO FUKIN WAY I WANT TO LOSE SALARY" but think about it,if the cost of living was dramatically less it wouldnt matter.Corporations do this all the time with their employees when they get transferred to different parts of the country or world.Say an employee is making 75k a year working in CA but then gets transferred to Texas,their pay is cut to match the coost of living.Same idea but the corporation is the good ol USA and the employees would be every working class person.

The prices of shit is just crazy today.The average new car 30-$50,000.Cell phones going for 6-$700.00.Food shopping you cant walk out for less than $200.00 anymore it seems for a couple of bags! This is what needs to be addressed.

Just an idea.Anyone have an feedback on this as to hy you think it would or wouldnt work? Id love to hear from you all.