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Minimum Wage
Topic Started: Nov 12 2003, 01:15 PM (515 Views)
Cool Vulcan
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Minimum wage is 4.10 per hr.
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ds9074
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£4.50 my friend. Provided your over 21.

Well since unemployment and inflation have stayed historically low both through the late 90's boom and the recent downturn, while at the same time the wages of the lowest paid have risen, one would assume their living standards have been rising. Inflation is 2.8%, Unemployment 5%.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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How would you assume their living standards would be rising?? Economically speaking, that is?
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ds9074
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Well I would assume if people were earning more (effectivley the NMW gave the lowest paid a large pay rise), and that extra earning wasnt being eaten up by inflation, that their wealth would be increasing? No?
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ImpulseEngine
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I don't care whether a person is a teenager, entry-level or anything else. If they are WORKING, then they are NOT ON WELFARE and we should encourage that. And if they are WORKING, they DESERVE to be paid decently. A minimum wage is the bare minimum of what is considered decent.

If there was no minimum wage, then employers could pay as low as they want - say $1.00/hr. or even $.50/hr. - and anyone who can't find another job would be stuck with that. But then again, they could just choose welfare instead... Is that what the minimum wage opponents would prefer? :angry:

Should employers be obligated to pay a minimum wage? Heck yes! Anyone who says otherwise apparently doesn't believe in human rights! :realmad:

Admiralbill:
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Can you cite any facts? Fast food is a LOW SKILL JOB normally done by TEENAGERS. Go through any drive-through. It is rare to see an adult there...

Why should you have to be an adult to get paid a fair wage?

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Janitorial work is normally done (at least here) by either ILLEGAL aliens or UNION workers. In one case that person shouldn't even be here, and in the other case, Joe Union is sweeping floors for thirteen bucks an hour. If there is no guarantee that someone will get a raise, even after a year, why is this MORON still working there?

That's complete baloney! SOME may be illegal aliens or UNION workers, but just as many are NEITHER. Why don't they find another job you ask? They don't have any skills or education - a product of growing up poor - something you seem to want to encourage with no minimum wage.

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People want things now - and don’t want to look toward the future. They say "since working hard wont help me, I want even try". They fail to realize that though working hard might not benefit them directly, it will insure that their children and grandchildren wont have to go though what they had to and when the time comes their children and grandchildren will be more then happy to take care of them.

Why shouldn't someone who works 40 hours a week or more be able to live decently? I'm not suggesting they be made rich, but that they don't have to worry about being able to put food on the table and having basic necessities like clothing and heat. Why should they have to look to the future of their children before they can expect decent living conditions? If they are working hard, they deserve to be paid decently.
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