When is minimum wage too much?

Stealhead · 05-10-11, 10:24 PM

Honestly I dont think minimum wages should be too high if you get educated or trained in a skill you will earn more money a reward for bettering yourself and in return bettering society as a whole.

Most of us have worked low paying jobs while going to school or whatever and at least for me the fact that I earned little money and had to budget a lot was an inspiration to work harder I joined the Air Force and got some education there and after I got out I am a commercial refrigeration tech by the way I am not rich but I do well and the man who owns the company does better that is how it works really I mean do what you can to help poor people like donate your old clothes or something like that I gave an older car I had once to some group that gives them to low income people for next to nothing.Basically advance yourself and deal with the lower pay while you do it will build character.

One reason I dont support making min "as high as it can be"
It lowers everyone else pay level this upsets hard workers who earned what they get payed which means either everyone else has to also get a pay raise which costs more money
or companies do nothing and then you have animosity between lower end folk and others not good for working environments.Also those who are wealthy are the ones who own the companies like them or not and as someone else said if they made set to say $12.00 an hour then they are simply not going to hire very many non-skilled and will pursue mainly only skilled ones which truly screws the little man because than he is less likely to get a job at all and when they do hire a non skilled at $12.00 the poor chap will be getting paid that rate for years and years.

I think the wage should basically match inflation but even that is honestly unrealistic the only employer in the US that does this is the DoD that I am aware of matching inflation in pay and that is likely because Congress would dare not ever disapprove it is all after all it is called minimum wage for a reason it is not called "pay you closer to the person who has more skill,experience and service to the employer than you wage" that might sound harsh but life is harsh sometimes you are riding on top of the horse other times the horse tramples you.$13.50 is way too much in the United Sates for a minimum wage.(I know the OP is Canadian) I agree that it is more of a political tool.

Another note I have made in the past several years most folks that I have spoken with who immigrated to the US left there home nation because of liberal programs harming employment food for thought.

I have to generally agree with UnderseaLcpl on this one.

Also the reason that the Soviet Union failed was because its fundamental system did not work.

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Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Honestly I dont think minimum wages should be too high if you get educated or trained in a skill you will earn more money a reward for bettering yourself and in return bettering society as a whole. Most of us have worked low paying jobs while going to school or whatever and at least for me the fact that I earned little money and had to budget a lot was an inspiration to work harder I joined the Air Force and got some education there and after I got out I am a commercial refrigeration tech by the way I am not rich but I do well and the man who owns the company does better that is how it works really I mean do what you can to help poor people like donate your old clothes or something like that I gave an older car I had once to some group that gives them to low income people for next to nothing.Basically advance yourself and deal with the lower pay while you do it will build character. One reason I dont support making min "as high as it can be" It lowers everyone else pay level this upsets hard workers who earned what they get payed which means either everyone else has to also get a pay raise which costs more money or companies do nothing and then you have animosity between lower end folk and others not good for working environments.Also those who are wealthy are the ones who own the companies like them or not and as someone else said if they made set to say $12.00 an hour then they are simply not going to hire very many non-skilled and will pursue mainly only skilled ones which truly screws the little man because than he is less likely to get a job at all and when they do hire a non skilled at $12.00 the poor chap will be getting paid that rate for years and years. I think the wage should basically match inflation but even that is honestly unrealistic the only employer in the US that does this is the DoD that I am aware of matching inflation in pay and that is likely because Congress would dare not ever disapprove it is all after all it is called minimum wage for a reason it is not called "pay you closer to the person who has more skill,experience and service to the employer than you wage" that might sound harsh but life is harsh sometimes you are riding on top of the horse other times the horse tramples you.$13.50 is way too much in the United Sates for a minimum wage.(I know the OP is Canadian) I agree that it is more of a political tool. Another note I have made in the past several years most folks that I have spoken with who immigrated to the US left there home nation because of liberal programs harming employment food for thought. I have to generally agree with UnderseaLcpl on this one. Also the reason that the Soviet Union failed was because its fundamental system did not work. Last edited by Stealhead; 05-10-11 at 10:57 PM.