Help Me Out - How Will

[Mortimer]

That is so unfair.

I'm quite disappointed in you.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

That is so unfair.

I'm quite disappointed in you.

okay. $350/hour.

[Mortimer]

Time and a half over 40.

Really,though....and I'm not a dem nor rep nor libertarian nor independent......ah just is.....but I think antagonists get carried away with min. wage.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

Time and a half over 40.

Really,though....and I'm not a dem nor rep nor libertarian nor independent......ah just is.....but I think antagonists get carried away with min. wage.

it's here to stay regardless.

but if you can imagine what would happen to jobs at a $250/hr minimum wage, is it that hard to think there might be one or two less positions available at $10/hour?

that's the economic argument. i'm not hard headed or hearted. but i think the idea a minimum wage helps the poor is flawed.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

it's here to stay regardless.

but if you can imagine what would happen to jobs at a $250/hr minimum wage, is it that hard to think there might be one or two less positions available at $10/hour?

that's the economic argument. i'm not hard headed or hearted. but i think the idea a minimum wage helps the poor is flawed.

I guess I'm not seeing what you mean.

You are smarter than me and I'm not being a wise guy ...so can you say it a different way?

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

I guess I'm not seeing what you mean.

You are smarter than me and I'm not being a wise guy ...so can you say it a different way?

there wouldn't be a lot of jobs around if an employer had to pay $250/hour.

small employer's are the ones really hurt by a minimum wage. if they're barely profitable paying 10 employee's $8/hour and the minimum wage is raised to $10, a lot of them will have to figure out a way to make a go with 8 employee's or just go out of business altogether.

[hi_im_god]

raising the earned income credit on federal taxes accomplishes the same thing raising the minimum wage is supposed to do (establish a minimum income level for working people) without driving marginal business's out of the employment market.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

there wouldn't be a lot of jobs around if an employer had to pay $250/hour.

small employer's are the ones really hurt by a minimum wage. if they're barely profitable paying 10 employee's $8/hour and the minimum wage is raised to $10, a lot of them will have to figure out a way to make a go with 8 employee's or just go out of business altogether.

Uh..OK.

But nothing is ever going to solve to 100%.


I don't know if I buy the theory. All competitors would have to pay the same and that would reflect in selling price.


I think a place would have to be in the throes to go belly up with a MW increase.

So I do can't help but to think it's good.