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In reply to the discussion: This comment just rubbed me the wrong way... [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)52. No, you're talking about a different statistics.
Minimum wage hikes have always raised wages for near-minimum-wage workers. Being paid $2/hr more to be a supervisor was still worth $2/hr more.
That increase breaks down the further away from minimum wage. Someone making $100k will not see their wages go up.
But you're talking about wages not keeping up with inflation - that's why you're talking about real wages. That doesn't have any direct connection to minimum wage going up. Because minimum wage hasn't been keeping up with inflation either.
Raising the minimum wage greatly helps the lowest-paid workers. It won't help the middle class, because they aren't the lowest-paid workers. That requires much more complex solutions.
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I hear the best ones are the ones they make at the teabagger concentration camps.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2014
#87
The response is, "Why not build yourself up, instead of bringing others down? Maybe you're not
Brickbat
Feb 2014
#2
I remember back before george w bu$h readjusted the economy, government workers made less, often way
RC
Feb 2014
#59
And bullshit back to you. People are killed and injured working in the food service industry also.
TexasTowelie
Feb 2014
#81
You know what, I've seen people sit on their butts all day doing nothing in both blue collar
TexasTowelie
Feb 2014
#103
PW, I'm often on your side; but I drove a fork lift in Chapel Hill, NC, to supplement ...
11 Bravo
Feb 2014
#43
sadly, i know some family members who just that stupid. they see anything that helps people less off
dionysus
Feb 2014
#29
If her job truly is worth more than minimum wage, then her income would be going up too.
jeff47
Feb 2014
#34
Me neither.... I'm a generous tipper partly because I know they get paid crap...
Adrahil
Feb 2014
#36
How would the critics here feel if we raised wait staff to 15 while lowering teachers to match...
Demo_Chris
Feb 2014
#31
Concur.... though I have had waiters that were definitely what I'd call "skilled."
Adrahil
Feb 2014
#37
Correct. But those criticizing this woman seem to feel HER training and skill are irrelevant...
Demo_Chris
Feb 2014
#38
No, we're criticizing her because she doesn't realize that training premium would still exist.
jeff47
Feb 2014
#40
If that waiter doesn't handle her food properly, she could be crapping and puking and
MADem
Feb 2014
#45
If the person is not happy, then why doesn't the person become a waiter. Salaries are determined by
lostincalifornia
Feb 2014
#73