pShould the minimum wage be raised from $7.25 per hour?

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Yes, it should

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No, it shouldn't

@Jul '12 c 125 comments V 275 votes

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tomtheterrible endorsed Iamjim42

v Yes, it should
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Smart3

v No, it shouldn't

The minimum wage should not exist. The 13th amendment bans slavery.

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scotta

v No, it shouldn't

The federal government needs to keep its nose out.of business, and the pay. The government needs to work on budgets impeaching any all people involved I'm all these candles.

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dontmatter

v No, it shouldn't

for you low wage earners: you now buy 15$ jeans at walmart cuz you cant afford 100$ jeans at nordstrom on min wage. - well, you raise min wage to lest say 12$ an hour and guess what? those 15$ jeans are now 35$ jeans and you still cant afford the nordstrom jeans!

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RobG voted

v No, it shouldn't
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DrNickels endorsed IMAQT

v No, it shouldn't
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nhlakes endorsed Keyjo

v Yes, it should
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Zennbenn endorsed Iamjim42

v Yes, it should
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DrSilicon voted

v No, it shouldn't
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Obsidion voted

v Yes, it should
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May 16
Gatnos endorsed Bobolinsky

v No, it shouldn't
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May 15

tomincali

v Yes, it should

7.25 here some are pushing to 9.00. seems if they keep pushing it will cause job loss or hiring freeze or a rise in prices for small business when you add it obamacare. min wage jobs are supposed to be starter jobs where folks either work their way up or keep looking for what they want to do for a living. one thing for sure in my area,once middle class paying jobs are now starting at the min wage,some will not even go up.these folks are wanting years of experience resumes,yet are not willing to match the pay with skill level.seems to be taking advantage of the job market .10 years ago the wages was double what they are pushing now all do to too much cheap easy labor...

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May 15
Andy2013 voted

v Yes, it should
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May 14
SlimElmo91 endorsed gammler

v No, it shouldn't
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May 14
MensaMan voted

v Yes, it should
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May 14

bleakoutlook

v Yes, it should

The cost of living is going up, gas is going up, food is going up...why not raise the pay we get to keep up with a changing world?

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May 14

Nurse8493

v No, it shouldn't

Anyone can strive to be their best in our country!

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May 12
rangerjeff voted

v No, it shouldn't
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May 12
smbiz voted

v Yes, it should
May 12
Fyi1957 endorsed Iamjim42

v Yes, it should
May 12
Shaff112 voted

v No, it shouldn't
May 12

oldman75

v Yes, it should

A livable wage would be12.50 an hour . Less than that dooms you to welfare .

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May 11
JVJx voted

v No, it shouldn't
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May 11
RAEMM voted

v No, it shouldn't
May 11

NoAmnestyEVER

v No, it shouldn't

The only people who take minimum wage jobs are teenagers, illegal aliens and losers who refuse to educate themselves. So if anything the wage should be LOWERED to encourage AMERICAN CITIZENS to do better in their lives. Minimum wage was never meant to be a liveable wage, it's supposed to be a transitional job only.

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May 10

whatheheck

v No, it shouldn't

Raise the minimum wage and watch more jobs and benefits vanish.

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May 9
LilliB voted

v Yes, it should
May 9
looncraz endorsed gammler

v No, it shouldn't
May 8
amadorlicea voted

v Yes, it should
May 8
Remember2Wipe endorsed Bobolinsky

v No, it shouldn't
May 7
PaulUK2901 voted

v Yes, it should
May 7
StanH voted

v No, it shouldn't
May 7
GunPolitics endorsed VeryConcerned

v No, it shouldn't
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May 7
nagydonnac voted

v No, it shouldn't
May 7
silentrunning endorsed Iamjim42

v Yes, it should
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May 7
farmer_bruce voted

v Yes, it should
May 6
Johnnytj voted

v Yes, it should
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May 6
LibertyWolf voted

v No, it shouldn't
May 6

Bill2E

v No, it shouldn't

When are we going to understand that the Free Market means it is up to the employer to set the wage and up to the employee to stay with the job or seek better. When you get government out of the mix, the free maket system can work properly and the economy may return to normalcy.

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May 6
DanielMincin voted

v No, it shouldn't
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May 5
mxdirtdude endorsed Iamjim42

v Yes, it should
May 5
Raisinbran96 voted

v No, it shouldn't
May 5

Concerned_Cit

v Yes, it should

With all the inflation under Obama's reign, it needs to be adjusted. Of course raising it will cause prices of everything to rise and coupled with Obamacare, unemployment will be hit harder. But Obama's solution to all this is to allow 35 million illegals to gain citizenship. America will become a 3rd World Country soon, and be owned by China, thanks again to NAFTA and the Democrats.

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May 5
890popbox endorsed gammler

v No, it shouldn't
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May 5
politicteen voted

v Yes, it should
May 5
DanielZ endorsed Iamjim42

v Yes, it should
May 5
Bob72370 endorsed Bobolinsky

v No, it shouldn't
May 4
LHoran voted

v No, it shouldn't
May 4

RedFloppyShoes

v No, it shouldn't

The minimum wage is starting pay, not a living wage. A living wage comes with experience

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May 3

DrFunkenstein

v Yes, it should

The minimum pay for any employee should not be less than 50 times that of the highest paid employee. I know it's terrible to some people that one person is only allowed to be worth 50 times that of the people that actually make the money for the company but sadly this is how the world should work. Nowadays we have most corporations where the lowest paid full time employee barely makes 1/400 that of the highest paid and that poor CEO has to pay a lower tax rate than that lowest paid employee.

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Smart3

v No, it shouldn't

The minimum wage should not exist. The 13th amendment bans slavery.

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scotta

v No, it shouldn't

The federal government needs to keep its nose out.of business, and the pay. The government needs to work on budgets impeaching any all people involved I'm all these candles.

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dontmatter

v No, it shouldn't

for you low wage earners: you now buy 15$ jeans at walmart cuz you cant afford 100$ jeans at nordstrom on min wage. - well, you raise min wage to lest say 12$ an hour and guess what? those 15$ jeans are now 35$ jeans and you still cant afford the nordstrom jeans!

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May 15

tomincali

v Yes, it should

7.25 here some are pushing to 9.00. seems if they keep pushing it will cause job loss or hiring freeze or a rise in prices for small business when you add it obamacare. min wage jobs are supposed to be starter jobs where folks either work their way up or keep looking for what they want to do for a living. one thing for sure in my area,once middle class paying jobs are now starting at the min wage,some will not even go up.these folks are wanting years of experience resumes,yet are not willing to match the pay with skill level.seems to be taking advantage of the job market .10 years ago the wages was double what they are pushing now all do to too much cheap easy labor...

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May 14

bleakoutlook

v Yes, it should

The cost of living is going up, gas is going up, food is going up...why not raise the pay we get to keep up with a changing world?

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May 14

Nurse8493

v No, it shouldn't

Anyone can strive to be their best in our country!

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May 12

oldman75

v Yes, it should

A livable wage would be12.50 an hour . Less than that dooms you to welfare .

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May 11

NoAmnestyEVER

v No, it shouldn't

The only people who take minimum wage jobs are teenagers, illegal aliens and losers who refuse to educate themselves. So if anything the wage should be LOWERED to encourage AMERICAN CITIZENS to do better in their lives. Minimum wage was never meant to be a liveable wage, it's supposed to be a transitional job only.

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May 14

bleakoutlook

That's a very narrow minded statement. Educated people get fired from their jobs sometimes too and minimum wage jobs are the only thing available. And for those with learning disabilities who work? Are they losers too? You're looking at this like its completely black and white when its far from it.

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May 14

NoAmnestyEVER

@bleakoutlook - Try reading the last line. Minimum wage jobs are supposed to be "transitional". The only people who stay with that kind of job for any length of time or expect it to provide a living are LOSERS"

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May 14

bleakoutlook

@NoAmnestyEVER I read it. And that's sad you think that.

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May 10

whatheheck

v No, it shouldn't

Raise the minimum wage and watch more jobs and benefits vanish.

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May 6

Bill2E

v No, it shouldn't

When are we going to understand that the Free Market means it is up to the employer to set the wage and up to the employee to stay with the job or seek better. When you get government out of the mix, the free maket system can work properly and the economy may return to normalcy.

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May 15

tomincali

the gov is causing most of the problem with wages. they keep bringing in so many people that some employers have dropped wages. gov is already in the mix,easy to see by all the out of work citizens yet they still bring in over 1.5 million people that makes all matter worst.

Post @tomincali
May 15

Bill2E

@tomincali Agreed, and the government overpays everyone employed. Cut government employees by 50% and cut wages for Government employees to make it less attractive.

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May 15

tomincali

@Bill2E you should work on something being build by gov.they hire so many guys they trip over each other. did a job and they hired guys to check the temp of our water jugs. construction workers had water boys,even brought in air conditioned trailers for our breaks.

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May 5

Concerned_Cit

v Yes, it should

With all the inflation under Obama's reign, it needs to be adjusted. Of course raising it will cause prices of everything to rise and coupled with Obamacare, unemployment will be hit harder. But Obama's solution to all this is to allow 35 million illegals to gain citizenship. America will become a 3rd World Country soon, and be owned by China, thanks again to NAFTA and the Democrats.

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May 4

RedFloppyShoes

v No, it shouldn't

The minimum wage is starting pay, not a living wage. A living wage comes with experience

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May 3

DrFunkenstein

v Yes, it should

The minimum pay for any employee should not be less than 50 times that of the highest paid employee. I know it's terrible to some people that one person is only allowed to be worth 50 times that of the people that actually make the money for the company but sadly this is how the world should work. Nowadays we have most corporations where the lowest paid full time employee barely makes 1/400 that of the highest paid and that poor CEO has to pay a lower tax rate than that lowest paid employee.

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May 3

URBS

v No, it shouldn't

The minimum wage is a farce. The people working at minimum wage always come out the losers. The companies are not going to absorb the loss in profit so the cost is passed on and usually more is passed on than was added so ultimately the people that were to be helped by the higher minimum wage end up being hurt by the higher cost of living.

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May 2

DotsonB

v Yes, it should

Cost of living has gone up so why has the minimum wage not?

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May 2

jeffreyknee

v No, it shouldn't

NO! There's no minimum wage law in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland --- and they're in better shape compared to those that do in Europe (France, Spain, Greece, Italy). The rush of illegal immigrants is also a problem in min wage nations, like those above and the U.S. Forget about a "living wage" too! Never in history was in normal for a sole breadwinner to support everyone in the household; everybody worked in the family to survive including women and kids. True after WWII there was a labor shortage and American men were paid more and could support the house solo. But women wanted to work and that brought the labor pool back up where it usually is, balanced.

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May 1

marine1

v Yes, it should

In China,India and Mexico first.

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May 1

BossTweed

v No, it shouldn't

The massive increases in Food Stamps and other Govt Welfare programs since we empowered The Obama should be enough. Since when are Americans supposed to consider no education minimum wage jobs as a career???

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Apr 30

BostonRob

v Yes, it should

As a judge said recently when ruling to increase a judges salary by 90000 "Not giving the judges a raise is the same as giving them a pay cut" in today's market. Precedent has been set my friends. Let those lawsuits flow!

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Apr 29

fraps

v No, it shouldn't

There should be no minimum wage. It only hurts the young and inexperienced. They were introduced in the 30's with other laws. Some were explicitly written to protect white jobs. Blacks could not get a job by willing to work for less then a white.

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Iamjim42

v Yes, it should

The minimum wage should reflect the minimum amount of compensation required for one to live at a basic level. $7.25 is nowhere near that level. I favor a living wage that fulfills one's living needs as a minimum wage. I believe that to be around $10/hr+.

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Jul '12

gammler

v No, it shouldn't

The minimum wage isn't designed to provide someone with a middle class income. It is designed for an entry level position, a temporary position, or a part time position. When it was originally passed in the FDR Administration it was designed to also prevent employers from working people for next to nothing thus depressing wages even further and reducing the liquidity of money. Every time it goes up it just increases the amount of paper in an employee's billfold.

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Jul '12

Bobolinsky

v No, it shouldn't

The "minimum wage" is an artificial "wage floor". It's government interference in the free market. The effect is that the businesses that hire minimum wage labor can't afford to hire as many workers. Fewer jobs are the result. The unintended consequences of "wage controls" are always worse than the benefits they produce. ... The winner of minimum wage increases that never gets mentioned is the unions. Most union contracts have built-in automatic raises in the event of a raise in the minimum wage. Prevailing-wage laws in states that have them also have a built-in raise. ... The winners of a minimum wage increase are the unions and the losers are the poor and taxpaye...

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Jul '12

VeryConcerned

v No, it shouldn't

Every time the minimum wage has been raised the cost of living has gone up with it. The poverty line has never moved with the minimum wage. This is nothing but pandering for votes during the election season.

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Jul '12

Keyjo

v Yes, it should

In order to catch up with the cost of living, the minimum wage should be at least $15.00 per hour. Of course, the evil RICH capitalists will retaliate by raising the cost of living. So this turns out to be simply a case of a dog chasing it's own tail. There are those who say, "The minimum wage is for entry level." This is true, unfortunately there are far too many employers who pay ONLY minimum wage to seasoned, full time employees. And if the employee asks for a raise, a reason is found to terminate and another "happy" minimum wage worker is hired. With unemployment so high, there is no shortage of workers willing to be underpaid/overworked in order to just barely su...

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Jul '12

IMAQT

v No, it shouldn't

Look, my friends; you can come up with as many reasons why people earning the minimum wage deserve a raise as you want, but one truth remains. The government should have no role in setting the wages that an employer will pay to an employee. That's a matter to be settled in the private sector, not by politicians trolling for votes. If you want to earn more than the minimum wage, or if you want a raise, you earn it. You do something to become more valuable to your employer and then negotiate for the wage you believe you deserve. And please, Let's stop with this crybaby nonsense about raising a family on the minimum wage! If you can't earn more than the minimum wage, you...

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Jul '12

Bonnie_Blue

v Yes, it should

I don't know how anyone can even get by on minimum wages these days. Everything is so high because of the fuel prices, and now we have a drought driving food prices even higher. Families are having a hard time making end meet.

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Aug '12

Chomsky0

v Yes, it should

Wow, the corporate controlled government here in America has got citizens so propagandized that they want to get rid of the nations minimum wage laws. Do you know how many bloody fights in the early 20th century that American workers had to go through to insure that future generations would have a minimum wage? If you are making minimum wage that means that a corporation would pay you less if they could. Who amongst the advocates of destroying the minimum wage laws could live on 3.50 an hour? Do they wish this life on their fellow citizens? These wanna be masters of mankind will do everything in their power to turn America into a third world country where they can have...

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Jul '12

dbargo

v Yes, it should

The min. wage is currently too low after you take taxes into consideration.

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Jul '12

MarkJM

v No, it shouldn't

Everytime the minimum wage increases, so does the level of poverty.

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