Minimum wage: $15 NOW!; or 15... eventually

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

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There literally are no other choices.
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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

The real problem isn't that minimum wage needs to be raised, that won't do anything to address disproportionate wealth.

CEOs make from 10 to 422 times the median worker's pay
http://www.payscale.com/data-package...come/full-list

It's essentially a Ponzi scheme, the current idea that executives can make as much money as they can while paying employees as little as they can. Just like growing corn over and over on the same plot of ground without replenishing the soil will lead to a dust bowl.

I still maintain this is a backlash from Dr. Spock's scheduled feeding myth rather than nursing on demand.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_4748066.html

Winner Winner chicken dinner

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Winner Winner chicken dinner

If you were aiming for CEO salaries with minimum wage increases, you have just shot your friend in the face. This affects small business and government just as much as big business.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

If you were aiming for CEO salaries with minimum wage increases, you have just shot your friend in the face. This affects small business and government just as much as big business.

But pulling a Dick Cheney is another choice.

If there were standards, like* "income over $500k" or "businesses with more than 30 employees" it wouldn't screw the little guy.

* to be determined by experts later