RE: Minimum wage was supposed to be enough to support a family? Really?

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Jul 15, 2019
6:03:25pm

displacedute All-American

RE: Minimum wage was supposed to be enough to support a family? Really?

It Was Always Supposed To Be A Living Wage

by Hanna Brooks Olsen

https://www.thebillfold.com/2015/07/it-was-always-supposed-to-be-a-living-wage/

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displacedute

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Disney heiress ‘livid’ after going to one of her family’s theme parks undercover

Kauai

7/15/19 4:57pm

She's a nutjob.

Cougarrr

7/15/19 4:58pm

The big problem is that these poor employees have guns to their heads and have

7/15/19 5:00pm

"Bob Iger is paid too much" says the woman who got $100 million+ for being born

califcougar

7/15/19 5:03pm

Not to mention, if she is a shareholder, Iger has made her boatloads of money.

califcougar

7/15/19 5:19pm

Disney pays well above minimum wage. It’s not their fault CA is so crazy expensive.

SuperTank

7/15/19 5:04pm

I can tell you the guy holding the 68% Food Insecurity sign does not have

darkcoug

7/15/19 5:05pm

If she gets her way, soon tickets will be $1000

Cougar TD

7/15/19 5:10pm

Good grief. Not every job is supposed to be a career.

Carnac

7/15/19 5:11pm

That's just it, everyone wants everything but no responsibility. Just please

Cougar TD

7/15/19 5:13pm

The fact is that compensation is tied to level of stress...

CoachSpeak

7/15/19 5:27pm

I agree mostly, but compensation can only go so high based on stress.

7/15/19 5:43pm

Prob true in some cases but not so in others

7/15/19 5:50pm

I’m talking about the nature of the job...

CoachSpeak

7/15/19 6:54pm

I remember getting in to a heated debate in one of my BYU classes with a fellow

Nuke

7/15/19 5:31pm

It was originally meant to be for someone supporting a family.

displacedute

7/15/19 5:46pm

Minimum wage was supposed to be enough to support a family? Really?

BYUfan92

7/15/19 5:59pm

RE: Minimum wage was supposed to be enough to support a family? Really?

displacedute

7/15/19 6:03pm

I scanned that and do not see that it suggested supporting a family

BYUfan92

7/15/19 6:27pm

Honestly, I may have misspoke. Regardless, it was at least intended

displacedute

7/15/19 6:38pm

RE: Honestly, I may have misspoke. Regardless, it was at least intended

BYUfan92

7/16/19 2:37pm

It's tough

displacedute

7/16/19 3:33pm

“Payroll deductions like Medicare and social security eat a bunch of that”...

CoachSpeak

7/16/19 4:52pm

Probably, but that part's not realistically fixable.

displacedute

7/16/19 5:34pm

What happens to x percent of population that loses work? This is acceptable

7/16/19 7:21pm

Welfare rolls of course...

CoachSpeak

7/16/19 7:24pm

I just don't get how people can be so dead set on something of marginal benifit

7/16/19 7:46pm

Money in the hands of the poor and middle class

displacedute

7/16/19 10:32pm

Middle class aren't benefiting from minimum wage increase.

7/17/19 6:18am

I have to disagree. I worked 40 hours + overtime working various jobs before

Nuke

7/15/19 6:11pm

That's fine, but that's based on a changing expectation.

displacedute

7/15/19 6:17pm

Your missing one more piece to your argument. The standard of living has also

Ryan M

7/15/19 6:25pm

I'd agree with that.

displacedute

7/15/19 6:37pm

Full time jobs that are on the verge of automation

7/15/19 7:10pm

That's a different issue.

displacedute

7/15/19 8:53pm

So minimum wage for everyone with families.... How much do we pay college

7/15/19 6:38pm

replace *stress with abilities & skills

Ryan M

7/15/19 6:20pm

Every person said they had to forage for food in the garbage? She sounds crazy

BYUfan92

7/15/19 5:57pm

I agree that "every person" must be a wild exaggeration.

Homercles

7/16/19 7:58pm

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