A_Jive_Soul_Bro's Blog

Well Harley I hardly think that an increase in minuimum wage which still doesn't even compare with inflation is that bad. If anything they have not been upping it for too long most states already have higher minimum wage laws. The Feds are just playing catch up. I think that they deserve to be paid more then 6.5 an hour especially when costs of loving are so high.

Cost of loving is high; take a look at child support - 17 of gross income.

The moral of the story: Wap dap wascal - Use a condom if you can't control your urges.

Get an education - go to MATC (very affordable) or go to college. Go to a trade school, learn to do something so you don't get stuck in a low-income job.

$6.50 an hour is fine if you are a high school kid and live at home. I made my car payments on minimum wage when I lived at home. Bought my clothes and put money away for school. I worked hard, paid a lot of dues. Many people in my generation did.

I don't see that happening with today's young people.

Lack of commmitment? Lack of taking life seriously?

Nothing would destroy the economy faster than $10.00 an hour for minimun wages. If you are a life long burger flipper, you need to move up the ladder.

I too agree with what you said deserwindrider, volkd, and greenlawn.

Why do so many of you expect things to be just given to you. Hard work is the key to success even if it means you work more than one job to become stable. Take a third shift job in a factory where it is more than minimum wage. Noone ever said we need to settle.

Gimmee Gimmee Gimmee isn't going to get anyone anywhere in life.

If you are just siiting there waiting for minimum wages to increase, you might as well be working in a gas station, whaching the cars go by. The key to moving up is education, maturity and experiance. Sitting on your @ss and waiting for the goverment to boost your wages is going to get you nowhere. Yes it's a capitalist world out there, no shmitd. Swim or sink! Jive you might consider a coespondants course. You could get a degree in whining in 2 to 3 mounths!

increasing the minimum wage to $10 an hour would force many smaller businesses out of the picture, leading to more monopolization of services. i think that would be a bad thing for consumers, even if wages are bumped up accross the board.
competition is a good thing, and with the little guys getting swallowed up by the big guys, there would be less choices, and thus, less competition for our business.
minimum wage jobs are, in my opinion, 'entry level' jobs for those with little or no skills to 'earn while you learn' - they are not supposed to be career positions.

It is the bump up law. If you raise the people making 6.50 you have to 7.25 you have to raise the people making 7.25 to someone else's salary and then them up and so on and so forth. All those student loans and scholarships don't really do it and kids are not goiong to college. It is just too much for the middle class. Even with my parents paying for half I still won't have enough money to pay for it even though I work as much as I can. I think the bill congress came up with will fix little. As long as scholarships and loans do not keep pace with cosr fewer and fewer low income and middle income kids will go to college and we will need higher minimum wage laws so that they can support themselves. If we are not willing to help them one way we will be forced to help them another way that does not work as well. You should understand that.

Just because someone has more money than someone else doesn't mean they should have to give more money, pay more taxes because "they can". We should just let government controll everything and they can pay us all the same amount and life will be great. Why does someone have to sacrifice to give to someone else??? That sounds like a more resonable question. This new take care of me mantality is crippeling our nation and people just expect everything to be givin to them. Work hard, "sacrifice" and make due with what you have!

So what are people that cannot afford to pay their electrical bills, medical bills and to cloth our children supposed to do?

How do I work 70 hours per week and raise my children?

AJSB I do have a college degree and I do work third shift and I do make great money. I also have a family and that is a sacrifice by not being home at night. Sometimes I work 12 to 16 hour shift if something happens on my shift. I don't cry about it but instead do it.