Does it matter if minimum wage increases? Seriously, who do you think works for minimum wage? It is meant for entry level workers and those will be the ones who are most likely to lose their jobs with a minimum wage increase. It will also hurt small business owners the most. On top of that, it will only increase the illegal immigrant problems.

And if you don't think raising the minimum wage will increase prices, why don't we just raise it to ten or twenty or even one hundred dollars an hour? If prices don't go up, then everyone will be better off.

As a final note, since people insist on having a minimum wage, it should be kept on the local or state level, not the national level. The same m...

Does it matter if minimum wage increases? Seriously, who do you think works for minimum wage? It is meant for entry level workers and those will be the ones who are most likely to lose their jobs with a minimum wage increase. It will also hurt small business owners the most. On top of that, it will only increase the illegal immigrant problems.

And if you don't think raising the minimum wage will increase prices, why don't we just raise it to ten or twenty or even one hundred dollars an hour? If prices don't go up, then everyone will be better off.

As a final note, since people insist on having a minimum wage, it should be kept on the local or state level, not the national level. The same minimum wage shouldn't apply in California and Idaho or Alaska and Hawaii. The cost of living in an area should determine the minimum wage and not some idiot in Washington with a random number generator.

The minimum wage isn't meant to be a living wage. It is meant to be the minimum entry level wage. My example of raising it to ten or even a hundred dollars an hour is to just make you do on the large scale what your mind can't seem to grasp on the small scale. Prices will increase. A meal that costs an hour's worth of minimum wage now will cost an hour's worth of minimum wage after they raise it. And even if it helps those actually making minimum wage (which is a very small percentage of the work force)a little bit, it hurts those who make above the minimum wage. Those who have worked their way up to earn more than the minimum wage are now making closer to or even all the way down to the ne...

The minimum wage isn't meant to be a living wage. It is meant to be the minimum entry level wage. My example of raising it to ten or even a hundred dollars an hour is to just make you do on the large scale what your mind can't seem to grasp on the small scale. Prices will increase. A meal that costs an hour's worth of minimum wage now will cost an hour's worth of minimum wage after they raise it. And even if it helps those actually making minimum wage (which is a very small percentage of the work force)a little bit, it hurts those who make above the minimum wage. Those who have worked their way up to earn more than the minimum wage are now making closer to or even all the way down to the new minimum wage. That guy making twice minimum wage would then be making only about 50% more than the minimum wage. Prices will go up, but for a whole lot of workers wages wouldn't go up.

I know business is hard for some people to understand, but businesses don't just magically make money. They have to pass on all their costs into the price of their product. The companies don't pay the light bill, the consumer does. The company doesn't pay taxes, the consumer does. And companies don't pay the employees, the consumer does.

The federal minimum wage when I got my first job at age 14 was $4.25 per hour. Now it is $5.15 an hour. That means in 12 years it hasn't gone up even a full dollar.

Good people are talking of raising it to $7-something per hour. Working full time, 40 hours a week, that is about 10 grand a year after taxes. The official federal poverty line is 15 grand a year.

Small business owners object to this raising of the minimum wage. It wil hurt them, they say. It will, gosh darn golly gee, even PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.

Folks, this is a MINIMUM wage, meaning, most people who earn it won't be able to make a wage where they can afford to eat, have BASIC shelter, and get the BASIC health care a human...

The federal minimum wage when I got my first job at age 14 was $4.25 per hour. Now it is $5.15 an hour. That means in 12 years it hasn't gone up even a full dollar.

Good people are talking of raising it to $7-something per hour. Working full time, 40 hours a week, that is about 10 grand a year after taxes. The official federal poverty line is 15 grand a year.

Small business owners object to this raising of the minimum wage. It wil hurt them, they say. It will, gosh darn golly gee, even PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.

Folks, this is a MINIMUM wage, meaning, most people who earn it won't be able to make a wage where they can afford to eat, have BASIC shelter, and get the BASIC health care a human being needs, while working full time, 40 hours a week, five days a week, no vacation/sick days.

To small business owners, I say- If you run the risk of going out of business if you pay the minimal wage to your workers, (nevermind even broaching the subject of an actual LIVING wage), I wonder if maybe you ought to consider the fact that business ownership isn't your thing. Or maybe the idea your business is built around is a shitty one, since it can't even generate enough revenue to allow you to pay your full time workers a salary that isn't well beneath the poverty level.