USA move closer to equality in wages

[Corso312]

Is this acceptable to you?

If you asking if the federal min wage is too low..my answer is yes..I made 9.25$ an hour as a first year pipefitter apprentice in 96..I had my own apartment and drove a car..
That was living in Chicago.. I think 11$ an hour down South is adequate and 13$ up North.

 

[Lucky Luke]

If you asking if the federal min wage is too low..my answer is yes..I made 9.25$ an hour as a first year pipefitter apprentice in 96..I had my own apartment and drove a car..
That was living in Chicago.. I think 11$ an hour down South is adequate and 13$ up North.

Has to be the same everywhere. Its easier and more cost effective for the pen pushers. Last thing business need is more red tape.

 

[ttystikk]

If you asking if the federal min wage is too low..my answer is yes..I made 9.25$ an hour as a first year pipefitter apprentice in 96..I had my own apartment and drove a car..
That was living in Chicago.. I think 11$ an hour down South is adequate and 13$ up North.

But now you grow weed. I'm quite sure you're making more than $13 an hour doing it.

 

[Corso312]

Well I was selling coke n weed back then..I didn't know how to grow.. I don't like talking numbers but I'm much happier now making half of what I made as a journey man pipefitter.,life is much more enjoyable.. Money ain't everything

 

[Lucky Luke]

Well I was selling coke n weed back then..I didn't know how to grow.. I don't like talking numbers but I'm much happier now making half of what I made as a journey man pipefitter.,life is much more enjoyable.. Money ain't everything

yea, money is just a necessary evil.

 

[ttystikk]

yea, money is just a necessary evil.

Money is power. It can be used for good or ill.

 

[MrRoboto]

Why exactly is the red line squiggly? It should be real straight and minimum wage was not $7 in 1950. I call bullshit.

Is this acceptable to you?

 

[Corso312]

You're right, old timers in the trades made like 3$ an hour in the 70's serving an apprenticeship.. That graph is all fucked up.. But gallon of gas was probably 20cents in the 70's and a brand new car was probably 2k

 

[Padawanbater2]

Why exactly is the red line squiggly? It should be real straight and minimum wage was not $7 in 1950. I call bullshit.

"The real minimum wage falls as inflation rises, representing less purchasing power for minimum wage earnings"

https://www.dol.gov/featured/minimum-wage/chart1

"Over time, real GDP per capita has steadily increased, even when the minimum wage has been raised"

https://www.dol.gov/featured/minimum-wage/chart2

 

[ttystikk]

Why exactly is the red line squiggly? It should be real straight and minimum wage was not $7 in 1950. I call bullshit.

Wow you can't read, or just can't think?

'All wage prices adjusted to January 2013 prices'

 

[ttystikk]

"The real minimum wage falls as inflation rises, representing less purchasing power for minimum wage earnings"

https://www.dol.gov/featured/minimum-wage/chart1

"Over time, real GDP per capita has steadily increased, even when the minimum wage has been raised"

https://www.dol.gov/featured/minimum-wage/chart2

Some folks you just can't reach...

 

[Corso312]

Lil feisty tonight eh TTY?

 

[MrRoboto]

Actual minimum wage in red.

Actual it says.

 

[MrRoboto]

Do you have more stuff than grandma and grandpa did when they were your age? I do. Nicer shit too.

 

[bluntmassa1]

That had everything to do with changing the laws to actually SUBSIDIZE those companies and others for outsourcing the work.

Again, laws were changed to make the strategy attractive, and laws can change to make it unattractive- so Americans can work those jobs, earn those wages and pay the taxes. HERE, not in Mexico or China.

So you are voting for Trump I see.

 

[ttystikk]

So you are voting for Trump I see.

I'm a confirmed Sandernista, thanks to @UncleBuck for the revolutionary label!

 

[Padawanbater2]

Actual minimum wage in red.

Actual it says.

"Actual real minimum wage"

 

[ttystikk]

Do you have more stuff than grandma and grandpa did when they were your age? I do. Nicer shit too.

Yet most Americans DON'T.

 

[Lucky Luke]

Why exactly is the red line squiggly? It should be real straight and minimum wage was not $7 in 1950. I call bullshit.

If you cannot read a graph, perhaps arguing against the economic benefits of increasing the GDP by increasing min hourly wages to match inflation and therefore the tax pool but not increasing the tax rate is a bad idea.

 

[Corso312]

In his defense, those graphs are nearly impossible to read on my phone.