USA move closer to equality in wages

What will increasing the minimum accompish?

  • Make a lot of workers very happy, and boost the economy

  • Cost jobs and drive businesses into bankruptcy

  • Nothing

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twostrokenut

twostrokenut

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Lucky Luke said:
But not really accurate either as Meat prices vary from country to country due to other factors besides rates of pay.
I think using the staples like Milk and Bread is far more accurate and linking them to the min wage.

Out of interest What is your price their and min wage?

Also everything has to be taken into account. Like the cost for heath insurance, super annuation,paid leave per year, sick days,fuel,electricity, water..its a big equation trying to compare apples with peaches. I think Norway or some country around their has the highest tax's but the happiest people....
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milk is like 3.50 per gallon. San Fran sourdough is cheap as balls. min wage is 10
 
twostrokenut

twostrokenut

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rollitup said:
Leave it to the deep south redneck to tell an Aussie how things are in his country! :roll:

Jesus Man! Do you ever think before you post?

Ulp! What am I saying???

:mrgreen:
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the statistics are pretty clear dude. I'm a redneck, true; but an argument with the numbers would be awesome.
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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twostrokenut said:
consumer prices are 41% higher in oz
rent prices are 58% higher
restaurant bills are 45% higher
groceries are 28% higher

despite the higher min wage local purchasing power in oz is 22% lower than the us.

Here’s the interesting part: Australian’s average monthly disposable income after taxes is only 14.75% more than the U.S. With a 41% increase in consumer prices, Australian’s monthly disposable income purchases 33% less than that of their U.S. counterparts.

and that's with "free" healthcare.
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I dont know all the statistics but i see a friend of mine struggle to even pay for medication (which is heavily subserdised here). And that person works 2 jobs and neither is min wage. She is in the US and is university educated. And has to pay two tax's (which i find strange) State and Federal, plus find a large sum for health insurance -thats crazy expensive.

We dont do the tipping you guys do.

Avg rent on my island is $200 a week. So less than 1 and 1/2 days pay on min wage. (like how i give you real numbers).
I live on 1 and 1/2 acres in a rather large house 10 min to the beach and 20 mins to the mountains on a little island and can only work 4 hrs a day 4 days a week and have a brilliant lifestyle. If I get sick i can call an ambulance go to hospital stay in their for years come home and not receive a bill- at all, for anything.

I dont pay tax's. Well at least i haven't in the last few years but may have to pay a grand or there abouts this year. But lets hope not eh.

And you left out the employers here pay the workers superannuation. (thats 9.5% extra on the wages). And we also get an extra 17.5% on our 4 weeks paid annual leave. (so an employee gets paid more whilst on holidays!).

But hey, you do what your doing thinking its all bad here. Ill stay here in the Lucky Country living a great life, planning my next holiday. You struggle on and complain about how I live whilst not addressing your own issue's.
 
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twostrokenut

twostrokenut

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Lucky Luke said:
I dont know all the statistics but i see a friend of mine struggle to even pay for medication (which is heavily subserdised here). And that person works 2 jobs and neither is min wage. She is in the US and is university educated. And has to pay two tax's (which i find strange) State and Federal, plus find a large sum for health insurance -thats crazy expensive.

We dont do the tipping you guys do.

Avg rent on my island is $200 a week. So less than 1 and 1/2 days pay on min wage. (like how i give you real numbers).
I live on 1 and 1/2 acres in a rather large house 10 min to the beach and 20 mins to the mountains on a little island and can only work 4 hrs a day 4 days a week and have a brilliant lifestyle. If I get sick i can call an ambulance go to hospital stay in their for years come home and not receive a bill- at all, for anything.

I dont pay tax's. Well at least i haven't in the last few years but may have to pay a grand or there abouts this year. But lets hope not eh.

And you left out the employers here pay the workers superannuation. (thats 9.5% extra on the wages). And we also get an extra 17.5% on our 4 weeks paid annual leave. (so an employee gets paid more whilst on holidays!).

But hey, you do what your doing thinking its all bad here. Ill stay here in the Lucky Country living a great life, planning my next holiday. You struggle on and complain about how I live whilst not addressing your own issue's.
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didn't say it was bad there, didn't complain about struggling here either. just pointing out some glaring realities that aren't feels.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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twostrokenut said:
consumer prices are 41% higher in oz
rent prices are 58% higher
restaurant bills are 45% higher
groceries are 28% higher

despite the higher min wage local purchasing power in oz is 22% lower than the us.

Here’s the interesting part: Australian’s average monthly disposable income after taxes is only 14.75% more than the U.S. With a 41% increase in consumer prices, Australian’s monthly disposable income purchases 33% less than that of their U.S. counterparts.

and that's with "free" healthcare.
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what does this have to do with the lie you just got caught in?

australia's min wage is more than double what ours is yet their big macs cost the same.

and yet you retards keep crying about the mythical $15 big mac.

just stop lying already, you inveterate liar.

retard.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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twostrokenut said:
didn't complain about struggling here
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yes you did.

jhonnybravosc commented on a video 4 years ago
Here's my point: Fuck all of yall, black and white and brown who feel you are entitled to what is mine. I don't owe anyone anything. Fuck my skin color and yours and the Presidents. I saved my money while most of you bought new stuff. I grow my food while most of yall go out to eat on credit. I put 30% down on my home while a lot of yall forced my tax money to guarantee loans to people of no account and speculators. I gross 30k and net 20k but don't qualify for ANYTHING. Screw all yall
 
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