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Teh One Who Knocks
12-05-2011, 01:48 AM
http://www.petitiononline.com/aa01/petition.html

:facepalm:
Shady
12-05-2011, 01:53 AM
Such a stupid idea. Inflation is already bad enough and making minimum wage 20/hour will only make it worse. Prices of services and products will jump dramatically and it'll only make things worse. I wish we could shoot stupid people.
Loser
12-05-2011, 02:18 AM
The problem is, even at minimum wage, with bare necessities, people can't survive.

Do the math. It's impossible to survive with one job on minimum wage.

Now, I understand raising minimum wage is going to actually cost people their jobs, but that is the problem in the first place. There aren't enough jobs. Growing up I was working 2 jobs, and sometimes 3, but now it's impossible to even find one in certain areas.
Shady
12-05-2011, 03:45 AM
The problem is, even at minimum wage, with bare necessities, people can't survive.

Do the math. It's impossible to survive with one job on minimum wage.

Now, I understand raising minimum wage is going to actually cost people their jobs, but that is the problem in the first place. There aren't enough jobs. Growing up I was working 2 jobs, and sometimes 3, but now it's impossible to even find one in certain areas.

Very true.

I delivered pizzas for 5 years. Sometimes as my primary job and sometimes as a secondary. Even with it as a secondary job supplement my meager salary, it was tough to get by.
Noilly Pratt
12-05-2011, 08:30 AM
I remember the struggling years...

3 jobs (I cleaned a dentist and a doctor's office and I was a College Teacher's assistant...all to afford only 1/2 of my tuition, books and gas money) The parents paid the other 1/2. I'd Teach Assist in the day, take College classes in the afternoon/evening, then clean the offices at midnight. I didn't get finished until 3am...then I'd wake up at 9am and start all over again.

Now, I work my full time job, and work O/T whenever possible, where my wife is a part time car insurance salesperson, noon hour supervision for an elementary school and teaches piano to a couple of kids. You do what you must...but we're actually seeing our debt whittled down to nearly zero (if you don't include the house).
Teh One Who Knocks
12-05-2011, 12:18 PM
Did any of you actually read his petition? It sounds like the manifesto of some lifetime loser who is just looking for something to blame his pitiful existence on
DemonGeminiX
12-05-2011, 03:58 PM
Did any of you actually read his petition?

:-s

No.


It sounds like the manifesto of some lifetime loser who is just looking for something to blame his pitiful existence on

I'll take your word for it.

:tup:
PorkChopSandwiches
12-05-2011, 04:05 PM
Who are these idiots who think minimum wage is supposed to support a person? Minimum wage and minimum wage jobs are not careers.
Teh One Who Knocks
12-05-2011, 04:18 PM
Who are these idiots who think minimum wage is supposed to support a person? Minimum wage and minimum wage jobs are not careers.

http://i.imgur.com/aWJrN.jpg
PorkChopSandwiches
12-05-2011, 04:46 PM
oh yeah
Teh One Who Knocks
12-05-2011, 05:00 PM
http://i.imgur.com/kyK4s.jpg
Godfather
12-05-2011, 07:51 PM
:lol: That's funny, and I'm mostly with lance... this guy is a weenie

But what is minimum wage in most states? I think living above poverty line means needing something like $17 an hour which makes employers of non or semi- skilled labor cringe obviously... Not sure we can afford to get there, but it's something to keep in mind.
Muddy
12-05-2011, 07:54 PM
:lol: That's funny, and I'm mostly with lance... this guy is a weenie

But what is minimum wage in most states? I think living above poverty line means needing something like $17 an hour which makes employers of non or semi- skilled labor cringe obviously... Not sure we can afford to get there, but it's something to keep in mind.


$38,500 a year.
Loser
12-05-2011, 09:16 PM
$38,500 a year.

Minimum wage isn't 38k a year, it's 13,920$ a year, before taxes are taken out.

The 2009 federal poverty guideline for a single person household is $10,830, which is absolutely ridiculous.
Muddy
12-05-2011, 09:27 PM
Minimum wage isn't 38k a year, it's 13,920$ a year, before taxes are taken out.

The 2009 federal poverty guideline for a single person household is $10,830, which is absolutely ridiculous.


Minimum wage is $15,080 a year for 40 hours.

7.25 an hour.

When was the last time you worked? Slacker...
PorkChopSandwiches
12-05-2011, 09:39 PM
The 2009 federal poverty guideline for a single person household is $10,830, which is absolutely ridiculous.



If you are 40 years old and still working the drive thru at McDonalds......which is more ridiculous
Teh One Who Knocks
12-05-2011, 10:13 PM
If you are 40 years old and still working the drive thru at McDonalds......which is more ridiculous

^^^THIS^^^

Or if you have been delivering pizzas for 10 years
Teh One Who Knocks
12-05-2011, 10:20 PM
Minimum wage is $15,080 a year for 40 hours.

7.25 an hour.

When was the last time you worked? Slacker...

Depends on the state you live in...several have minimum wages higher than the Federal minimum wage:

http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm

They just announced last month that the Colorado minimum wage is going up to $7.64 on January 1st, 2012
Godfather
12-05-2011, 10:31 PM
I think it just went up to $9/hr here... even that seems a little low for everyone except high school kids.

I made $12/hr working in a bistro my first job. Started at $9 but worked my butt off and got a raise. Working 50 hours a week over summers I was one rich-ass high schooler :lol: Good times
Muddy
12-05-2011, 10:33 PM
Canadas expensive though... A hamburger is like 38 bucks up there...
Godfather
12-05-2011, 10:37 PM
That's true...

Drives me nuts. Dollar has been at or above the USD for a few years now and we still pay more for everything. Just pick up a book: $9.99 US, $13.99 Canadian :roll: Why...
Muddy
12-05-2011, 10:41 PM
I had a dude come from Canada to buy my old Sea doo (a Canadian product)... It was weird... like he was bringing home his child...
Teh One Who Knocks
12-05-2011, 10:42 PM
That's true...

Drives me nuts. Dollar has been at or above the USD for a few years now and we still pay more for everything. Just pick up a book: $9.99 US, $13.99 Canadian :roll: Why...

:usa:
Loser
12-05-2011, 10:58 PM
Minimum wage is $15,080 a year for 40 hours.

7.25 an hour.

When was the last time you worked? Slacker...

7.25x40 hour work weekx4 weeks in a monthx12 months =13,920$.
Teh One Who Knocks
12-05-2011, 11:04 PM
7.25x40 hour work weekx4 weeks in a monthx12 months =13,920$.

You can't do the math that way to figure annual salary...not every month has exactly 4 weeks ;)

7.25/hr x 40 hrs = $290/week

$290/week x 52 weeks in a year = $15080.00/year
Godfather
12-05-2011, 11:13 PM
7.25x40 hour work weekx4 weeks in a monthx12 months =13,920$.

I think MG's post of $38k meant poverty line not what minimum wage was per year...
Muddy
12-05-2011, 11:20 PM
7.25x40 hour work weekx4 weeks in a monthx12 months =13,920$.

7.25 x 40 x 52
Muddy
12-05-2011, 11:21 PM
I think MG's post of $38k meant poverty line not what minimum wage was per year...


No I was just being a dip shit... :razz:
Loser
12-06-2011, 12:02 AM
I think MG's post of $38k meant poverty line not what minimum wage was per year...

poverty line is just over 10k. I posted it on page one.


7.25 x 40 x 52

You're right, I added the dipshit way :lol: