Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Fox News Fearmongers Minimum Wage Hikes" video.

  1. To +frater chaos Way to block me, it must be fun being a myopic as you are.  You did compare the min. wage to inflation.  As I told you that not everything inflates and I gave you clear examples why.  I guess next time you buy a car you should pay $20,000 for your typical everyman's car.  In 1908 the Model T was sold at around $850, adjusted for inflation an "affordable" car will now be over $20,000 if you want the price of everything to increase with inflation.  In the 1950s a computer cost over a million dollars.  So next time you buy any computer, as in a smart phone or desktop or gaming system, you should pay over a million dollars, that is not adjusting it for inflation but according to you prices don't go down, they only go up for everything.  Seriously, do some research.
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  2. What is also sad and pathetic is how low this whole push for a min. wage increase is.  This is how people want to be successful.  Instead of working hard they beg and protest and vote in politicians to give them a raise for doing nothing.  They sit around and just think "man, if the min. wage was higher I can make it in life" instead of thinking "what can I do to earn more and save more money".  We have a lot of lazy and entitled individuals in this country. If you are on the min. wage after a year than you are just worthless.  Sorry to break it to you but you are paid what you are worth. 
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  3. Production of low wage workers haven't increased. That is why they are not getting a raise.
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  4. ProdigyP If your skill is that low than they will just replace your with automation or cut hours somehow.  Prices will also go up.  
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  5. Wages are where they should be.  Sorry that flipping a burger hasn't increased in value. 
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  6. Cap Iolani We will never go back to child labor.  Workers in mines make a lot, mining companies don't want children working in mines, it will be a liability.  Way to fear monger though.  
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  7. Costco is a poor example.  A reason why Costco can pay their workers more is because their business model allows for more units per hour to be pushed.  They are open only during peak hours as opposed to 24 hours and they sell items in bulk. I hear a lot of how great Costco is but I never hear complaints about how little they hire.  There are 6 Walmarts in my city, and 5 Raley's, but only 2 Costco.  Why doesn't Costco open more stores up and hire more?  Oh, it will lead to lower wages.
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  8. Most McDonalds are franchised and earn very little in profits. 
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  9. Where is the study that shows it will raise prices only 10 cents?  How is that determine?  Also, even a 10 cent raise is critical for low income workers.  Kyle talking about working full time, making a law that sets wages doesn't set hours.  Raising the min. wage means that there will be hours cut.  It doesn't matter if your wage is higher if you are working less hours.  One can survive off the min. wage, find a way cut expenses.  Using this emotional, shallow term "living wage" isn't a way we should be approaching economic issues.  We need to be rational. Jobs will be lost with a min. wage increase. Low skill jobs will be lost.  Prices will also go up because the value of the worker has to come from somewhere.  You can't compare the min. wage to inflation because not everything inflates the same.  How about those workers that worked at Blockbuster?  Should they get paid the min. wage?  No, they are valued at $0/hr and thus have to find work elsewhere.  Like when the tractor replaced the farmer, or now with appliance having rechargeable batteries on board, batter factories and dwindling down to those workers are losing value.  Some jobs increased in value, others have dropped, some have stayed the same.  You can't make this broad comparison of min. wage and inflation. Any city that has increased the min. wage and not see drop in unemployment is typically high in cost of living to begin with.  Also, overall jobs are not effected, it is low skilled jobs, those at a disadvantage in life that will be hurt.  There is not one good reason to even have a min. wage.   It hurts those who it is intended to help and goes against economic theory.  Kyle needs to read up on economics a little more.
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  10. Obamacare hasn't been fully implemented yet, the business mandate is going to take place this year.
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  11. Feuerbach1 But yet the left feel that businesses should pay workers more than they are worth and should give out more tax money than they can afford.  Seems like the left feel that businesses are charities.   
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  12. frater chaos Problem is that we are not deregulating, taxes are too high, government is getting in the way of progress.  
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  13. ProdigyP Raising the min. wage will jack up prices, the money has to come from somewhere.  Companies don't replace with automation because people are cheaper, but if the worker becomes too expensive then they will be replaces.  Costco and Starbucks are poor examples.  They are only open during peak hours as opposed to 24 hours.  With Costco they sell items in bulk and thus they have a business model that moves more units per hour.  They can afford to pay higher wages.  On top of that why are there no complaints of Costco or Starbucks not hiring more?  And look at the employees of Google, they have it great.  Why doesn't Costco or Starbucks pay as much as Google does and give their employees the same treatment? Businesses would love to pay more, they can't because they simply can't afford too.   
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  14. Ralph Paulk Because they simply can't afford it.  How about you start a business and pay your employees as much as you like and see how far you go.
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  15. R Law Productivity doesn't increase.  If you look at the unit labor cost of grocery stores and restaurants it has been increasing, that means the price of labor is outpacing productivity.  There is still high turnover rate in those jobs which is good, we don't want a lot of people settling for low skilled jobs that produce little.   
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