Minimum wage in 2022

[PurpnGold]

@thinkingman

Mexicans (notice that i respect their heritage vs just referring to them by their skin pigments) come here and take jobs.

It’s not just Mexicans. Hondurans, Columbians, El Salvadorans etc

[Call_me_Ishmael]

@SixFoot

It’s so virtuous to support screwing over everyone else just to give the unskilled a false sense of monetary security.

And only for a very short time… until prices for the products that the unskilled buy increase to account for the cost increase of producing those products caused by minimum wage increase at the services/factories/offices where the other unskilled people work.

But if only for an election, the stupid will think they got a free lunch.

[Snow96]

@Tom_Ch

Did keeping pay low and give company tax breaks with massive profits cause the price to go down?

what happens when you double everyone’s pay? You know the person making 15 when the newbies where making 8. So now newbies are making 16 an hour. Guy making 15 who has been there a long time SHOULD get a raise to 30 right? Person who was making 30 at the company should be making 60 now right? So what happens to the price of their product?

[DougBH]

@PurpnGold

@DougBH

Of course immigrants are taking jobs. What, you’re one of those people who think they come here to get on welfare?

Our jobs.

They are doing jobs no one else is doing. And business owners are responsible for it.

If they weren’t taking them, they might well pay more and then be jobs others would do. Yes, of course the people who hire them are responsible, along with government agencies that should be enforcing the laws.

[Samm]

@gooddad409

The local burger flippers are getting 15 an hour as hire in pay.

Who needs minimum wages at that standard?

Have you noticed the trend of fast-food joints installing remote ordering kiosks to replace the kids behind the counter who used to take your order? The higher the minimum wage for menial jobs that robots can do better, the fewer such jobs will be available for high school kids who just want some spending money.

[Samm]

@gooddad409

@SixFoot

By watching an old video from the VCR era.

Yeah but they have to be trained to use the VCR.

That’s the manager’s job.

[Samm]

@WuWei

@Tom_Ch

@SixFoot

Problem solved! I say we don’t pay them more than up and coming carpenters. lol

Maybe upcoming carpenters need more pay. Instead of paying food workers less.

Right. We just double everybody’s pay.

Great! And then we can double the prices and restart the cycle.

[Samm]

@Tom_Ch

@thinkingman

@Tom_Ch

So much hate for people making 15$ and hour. That comes to 30,000$ per year. They are making your meal, making your bed, cleaning your toilet. They are barely making by.

are they worth 30k per year?

(over 31 k actually)

Why not? Do you know their worth?

What do you think they are worth?

Do you believe in pay equity, or do you believe in equal pay for equal worth?

[Samm]

@PurpnGold

@DougBH

Most people’s wages, if they have any ability at all, are not determined by what the state sets as minimum wage.
If you are concerned about the earring capacity of the least skilled, then you should support strict immigration law enforcement to give these citizens more wage leverage…

Brown people are not taking our jobs… it’s a myth.

There you go again … injecting skin color into a conversation where it was not being discussed.

And then you have the gall to complain when anyone notes that everything is about race with you.

[Samm]

@Oryx

@Tom_Ch

Next time you want chipotle or Starbucks, no one will be there to serve you.

The robots are coming.

They are here.

[SixFoot]

FINALLY!

[Tom_Ch]

@Samm

@Oryx

@Tom_Ch

Next time you want chipotle or Starbucks, no one will be there to serve you.

The robots are coming.

They are here.

Great. I like the kiosk. They make ordering easier.

Funny that food prices didn’t go down with automation.

[Samm]

@Tom_Ch

@Samm

@Oryx

@Tom_Ch

Next time you want chipotle or Starbucks, no one will be there to serve you.

The robots are coming.

They are here.

Great. I like the kiosk. They make ordering easier.

Funny that food prices didn’t go down with automation.

Thank you Brandon.

[Call_me_Ishmael]

@PurpnGold

Brown people are not taking our jobs… it’s a myth.

Myth? Whose myth? Maybe you want to tell the authors of this report that they are reporting myths. Or are black people different now?

Illegal Immigration: The Impact on Wages and Employment of Black Workers

IllegImmig_10-14-10_430pm.pdf

[Tom_Ch]

@Samm

@Tom_Ch

@Samm

@Oryx

@Tom_Ch

Next time you want chipotle or Starbucks, no one will be there to serve you.

The robots are coming.

They are here.

Great. I like the kiosk. They make ordering easier.

Funny that food prices didn’t go down with automation.

Thank you Brandon.

Probably same reasons iPhones are made in China/India.

Corporations are not about reducing prices or helping employees. They’ll exploit everything to maximize profits.

[Samm]

That is why they are in business. Don’t you understand the concept?

You could always organize a boycott and not buy anything from any company that makes a profit. That’ll show 'em.

[Call_me_Ishmael]

@Tom_Ch

They’ll exploit everything to maximize profits.

Like how democrats do to maximize votes. Exploit Exploit Exploit. And the willing cry “Exploit me again daddy”

[Call_me_Ishmael]

@Samm

@Oryx

@Tom_Ch

Next time you want chipotle or Starbucks, no one will be there to serve you.

The robots are coming.

They are here.

Not to mention on your phone. McDonald’s wants everyone to use a phone app to order. Pay the app provider once. Don’t worry about future minimum wage increases.

[Samm]

Last September we went to two different restaurants in Seattle where you had to order from your phone even though we were seated in the restaurant. One server was able to cover every table. Wave of the future …

[coolidge]

there is a difference between running a business and charity.