Comments on: The Debate Over $1.25 An Hour http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/the-debate-over-1-25-an-hour/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Thu, 23 May 2013 14:38:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katzen-party http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/the-debate-over-1-25-an-hour/#comment-5497 Katzen-party Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:13:35 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=5511#comment-5497 Those five quarters can definitely make a really big difference. I actually got a raise of almost exactly that size in my (before the raise) just-about-$1-over-my-state's-minimum-wage job (btw, I think my state has the highest minimum wage in the country, but I was not exactly sittin' pretty, money-wise, at that wage). Suddenly, money was not super-tight and I was able to spend a little more and save a little more and not feel so pinched and stressy and paycheck-to-paycheck-y. Those five quarters can definitely make a really big difference. I actually got a raise of almost exactly that size in my (before the raise) just-about-$1-over-my-state’s-minimum-wage job (btw, I think my state has the highest minimum wage in the country, but I was not exactly sittin’ pretty, money-wise, at that wage). Suddenly, money was not super-tight and I was able to spend a little more and save a little more and not feel so pinched and stressy and paycheck-to-paycheck-y.

]]> By: Megano! http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/the-debate-over-1-25-an-hour/#comment-5468 Megano! Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:26:24 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=5511#comment-5468 Jesus, 7.25 an hour? We're already over 10 here in Ontario, and I think it's still going up a little bit. 7.25 an hour should be criminal. Let's put all those State Republicans on 7.25 an hour for a couple of months, and see if that changes their fucking minds. Jesus, 7.25 an hour? We’re already over 10 here in Ontario, and I think it’s still going up a little bit. 7.25 an hour should be criminal. Let’s put all those State Republicans on 7.25 an hour for a couple of months, and see if that changes their fucking minds.

]]> By: MuffyStJohn http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/the-debate-over-1-25-an-hour/#comment-5462 MuffyStJohn Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:06:28 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=5511#comment-5462 @CubeRootOfPi They don't care because they don't have to care. In my experience, very few people voluntarily shop at Walmart; they go there because they can't afford the alternatives. Having ethics is a luxury that costs money. @CubeRootOfPi They don’t care because they don’t have to care. In my experience, very few people voluntarily shop at Walmart; they go there because they can’t afford the alternatives. Having ethics is a luxury that costs money.

]]> By: CubeRootOfPi http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/the-debate-over-1-25-an-hour/#comment-5449 CubeRootOfPi Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:38:40 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=5511#comment-5449 @stuffisthings Alas, the inability to edit. Though to play devil's advocate, you think they'd at least not directly lobby for it given their reputations on how they treat their workers. Of course, bottom line > reputation, unless reputation starts hurting the bottom line. @stuffisthings Alas, the inability to edit.

Though to play devil’s advocate, you think they’d at least not directly lobby for it given their reputations on how they treat their workers. Of course, bottom line > reputation, unless reputation starts hurting the bottom line.

]]> By: MuffyStJohn http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/the-debate-over-1-25-an-hour/#comment-5446 MuffyStJohn Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:29:23 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=5511#comment-5446 @katastrophe Yeah that stat made my heart hurt. What kind of recovery can we make if these are the kinds of jobs we're creating? @katastrophe Yeah that stat made my heart hurt. What kind of recovery can we make if these are the kinds of jobs we’re creating?

]]> By: stuffisthings http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/the-debate-over-1-25-an-hour/#comment-5445 stuffisthings Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:26:29 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=5511#comment-5445 @CubeRootOfPi "even though"? Isn't that exactly WHY they lobbied against it? @CubeRootOfPi “even though”? Isn’t that exactly WHY they lobbied against it?

]]> By: CubeRootOfPi http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/the-debate-over-1-25-an-hour/#comment-5444 CubeRootOfPi Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:20:14 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=5511#comment-5444 @katastrophe I know, right? Ouch. The article notes that McDonalds and Walmart actively lobbied against raising the minimum wage, even though most NY minimum wage workers work there (as well as Target and YUM! Brands). @katastrophe I know, right? Ouch.

The article notes that McDonalds and Walmart actively lobbied against raising the minimum wage, even though most NY minimum wage workers work there (as well as Target and YUM! Brands).

]]> By: katastrophe http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/the-debate-over-1-25-an-hour/#comment-5439 katastrophe Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:00:23 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=5511#comment-5439 Oh this makes my stomach hurt. A jump from 6,000 to 91,000? Oh this makes my stomach hurt. A jump from 6,000 to 91,000?

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