at $15 per hour you guys realize gas will be $5 per gallon....ill just use that as one example you can guess the trickle down effect for the rest of good and services

16 year olds making the same as 35 year old single mom with 3 kids? A living wage is so vastly different based on the family situation.

This post was edited by IceMage on Apr 14 2016 08:12pm

I mean based purely on housing costs, not personal situation. That's your own problem fam.

It'll be made up for by the people who don't have to work two or three jobs to make ends meet for their families.

In all seriousness, I consider that benefit much greater than the unemployment effects, which I think aren't really all that bad. Sure, there's a bit more of a push toward automation, but I think that the push is only slightly faster than it already is anyway, because companies want to cut down on labor costs and would have it fully implemented today if they could. It's not like the technology isn't there.



lol, how does this work, exactly? What parts of the supply chain for gasoline would spike so much because they're dependent on minimum wage labor, precisely?

This post was edited by AiNedeSpelCzech on Apr 14 2016 08:14pm

Not really. A living wage for the single mom isn't anymore than it is for the young adult with no kids. A living wage isn't defined to be enough to sustain yourself and however many offspring you choose to have, it is the wage to sustain yourself.

Do you have an understanding how things work in this country? how does food and supplies get to stores? Use some common sense here if you think it will stay the same....how many semi trucks do you see on the highway each day? How do you think most companies ship finished products? How much more is it going to be to ship a fed ex package? do you get the point yet or should i draw you a picture ...go back to your coloring book

sounds good but it's gonna be a rough ride
hours are gonna be cut
and for those minimum wagers that don't get cut will get knocked out of the income brackets that allow a lot of assistance that many rely on that may amount to more than the paycheck bump

it's 10 here and going up to 15

I've seen it being implemented along the way due to what I do for a living and it changes a lot of things that those it effects aren't usually prepared for

You make it sound like those families aren't part perpetrator. Its probably just going to create more dead end families.


& Its called a price level. Every piece of equipment and service now has to be acquired by paying the lowest guys more money. The cost is nearly always passed to the consumer again.

Ah yes, all those minimum wage truckers having vast and unforseeable wage inflation all at once.

Well sure, but you aren't just taking jobs away from teens. You are taking them away from people who have to work two or three low wage jobs to feed their family. More expensive products, less jobs, doesn't seem good for poor people.