Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Fight For 15: Tens Of Thousands Hit The Streets To Fight For Living Wage" video.

One big liberal argument is to call something they support a right. Like healthcare. Because forcing doctors to work is a right just like forcing employers to pay higher wages is a right.
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" If the business can't do it, then it shouldn't exist. They suck too much." Well, if a person can't justify earning a higher wage they shouldn't exist. They suck too much.
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As Edward said, automation or a higher skilled worker. Also they can reduce hours or the number a stores they have open. A McDonalds franchise owner can have, say 15 locations in a city but then reduce it down to 8 after the min. wage goes up.
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1. a lot of countries don't have a min. wage, especially countries like Denmark, Sweden and so on that liberals love to point to 2. lots of people gets tax cuts, not just the rich
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"The people who work at minimum wage generally work for 13 hours a day . So nice logic." Not true.
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Empty Existentialist What sources? You can easily look up that a lot of European countries liberals love to point to don't have a min. wage. Also, lots of people get tax cuts. Learn some tax laws. If you are a student you can write off textbooks you bought. I agree the tax code is complex and should be simplified, but that is not an excuse to be ignorant.
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Konstantin Krastev What's your point? I see no problem with that. Work hard and move up. If you raise the min. wage your part time job will disappear making you worse off.
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Konstantin Krastev Like what? I work two jobs. I am doing to to have extra money while I earn my PhD. Several of my students do it. It will benefit them in the future. Those pushing for a higher min. wage don't want to move up. They simply don't care and rather take the easy way out. If the min. wage goes up businesses will do the easy route as well and fire them.
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***** If they wanted to move up they would be pushing for that instead of begging the government for more money. Also, $15/hr in not that bad.
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Paul is right, several towns and states could never handle such a high wage. Emeryville, CA has the highest min. wage in the US. Their two biggest employers are a pharmaceutical company and Pixar. You have people making at least $80,000 a year you can get away with a high min. wage. Now translate that to some cities like mine whose biggest employer is the school district and consider the salary of a teacher.
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You are placing a cap on success. You don't want to do that.
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James Jamesbond I did, I don't see it. How about you list one and I will explain to you how it is not a reason.
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James Jamesbond Nope. A few things. 1. You are enforcing how much is paid per hour, not per week. So if you raise the min. wage and hours are cut, than you are back to square one 2. You can't consume what you don't produce. If people had more money and production remained the same, than prices will go up. Giving those people more money is not going to increase production. Increasing demand without increasing supply raises prices. 3. If that were the case than why not a $50/hr min. wage? That is the basis of your argument, give people more money and the economy grows. With that than $50/hr should be pushed for. 4. Christina Romer said with a $9.50/hr min. wage if all of the money were to be given to those on lower income that will grow the economy to $10 to $20 billion which may sound like a lot, but we have a $15 trillion economy. Again, that is assuming no hours are cut. Now that has been debunked, what's next?
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James Jamesbond Ok, you have four. That video has more than that.
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James Jamesbond http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2016/02/19/seattles-15-minimum-wage-jobs-down-unemployment-up-this-isnt-working-is-it/#1df370ff3712 You cited forbes and so did I. Michael Reich is known to support the min. wage. He is bias. His study if mainly projection and does not reveal anything yet. He also compared over unemployment when there are several factors that contribute to overall unemployment. The min. wage, as a whole, is low compared to the entire economy thus any negative results get lost in the statistical noise. When you look at target groups, such as teens, you seen a loss in jobs. Washington, for example, has one of the highest teenage unemployment rate and there is a trend with high min. wage and high teenage unemployment. Another thing is that cost of living on those cities is high, thus it is a poor comparison to say that just because it works in cities of higher cost of living than it will work elsewhere. Emeryville, CA the highest min. wage in the US. They are doing fine. They are also the home of Pixar who is their top employer. When you have a lot of workers earning $80,000 year at least than you can get away with a high min. wage. Emeryville's second largest employer is a pharmaceutical company. In all there are several factors that control these outcomes. Reich, as usual, does not account for any of these.
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James Jamesbond I agree.
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Because it isn't basic macro economics 101. This guy is an idiot.
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Worker's wages have kept up with productivity, it is called Skilled Biased Technological Change. Not every job has increased in productivity. People are not cooking burgers faster. What happened right before the 70s? The payroll tax was expanded. Businesses instead started to pay with benefits as opposed that are 100% tax free as opposed to wages. Also, increase in technology means goods and services are cheaper and better. So the wage stagnation is mainly a myth And top earners are in more control than ever. Take the top 6 executives for Walmart. If you were to spread their yearly earnings to the 525,000 lowest paid employees of Walmart they will earn an extra $147 a year. That's it. You put it in that perspective it is not that bad. I agree, we have problems. But the stem from the federal government and programs like the min. wage.
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