WDubsW
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Yes it hasn't gone up for some time now. Maybe .75C-$1.00 will do. No more then $1.50 |
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The pilot
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Yes, all people need to survive. |
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mysticalflyingsquirrel
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absolutely, no one can survive on the current minimum wage, not even a couple with no children, both earning minimum wage, could live comfortably. it's time to catch up to the new millenium. |
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simplyfabulous
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For all of you that say no consider this. Congress gets their cost of living raises faithfully as well as the rest of government workers. CEOs make sure that they get their raises, perks, bonuses ect... and most CEOs make 50 times what their AVERAGE employee makes. So, yes minimum wage should go up, and CEO's should decrease their MILLION DOLLAR salaries to make up the difference. (And please do not tell me they earned it because we all know that the less you make the harder you have to work for it!!!!!) |
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MiCielo
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Why?
Just as soon as minimum wage goes up:
1.) Employers cut employee hours
2.) Every business raises it's prices
Some things never change.
Maybe a better question is why doesn't the government put a moratorium on basic needs items so people can afford the bare necessities. |
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Jr L
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yes,minimum wage must rise according to the inflation rate,thats the nature of economic evolution, everything get high standard in our daily living cost.If your wage retain flat rate for 1 tear above,your life style will be miserable! Businessmen get higher opportunity to manipulate their prices,what will happened to the consumer if he had the same amount of salaries way back the other years! |
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scokeman
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Yes, well over half of the U.S is living at either a poverty level or beyond thier means so that they can survive. Big business owners need to just bite the bullet, if it were not for the employee the businesses would not be there |
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cnote1500
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There should be a living wage, tied to consumer prices, housing price averages and inflation. |
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borikenzv
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yes it should ..Because everything gets to expensive .Can not afford hardly anything.Rent to high , gasoline to high, electric to high, milk is to high....i mean come on.. whats going on in here. How we Americans are to survive if everything gets to high ..but the wages stay the same..we all living close to poverty .Don't you think? Some of us barely make it and have to work two or three jobs.yes and yes they need to raise the wage. |
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smiley
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No. The prices will go up on everything because people are "making more money". Ones earning above minimum wage won't earn more but will still have to pay higher prices.
The gov't raises minimum wage to bring in more tax money. |
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species8472
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No, that would be ignorant to do. If Min wage is bigger, that means companies will have to charge more to pay their employes... there would be no more buying power. People need to think before they consider greed the best option. |
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Myles
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Why? Illegal aliens work for less now all it will do is give them more jobs from small businesses can't afford to pay out minimum wage. |
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Jen
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Yes minimum wage should rise. I believe it should be synonymous to the rate of the country's economic growth. And besides, nothing is getting cheaper and I'm sure the economy can more than accommodate a mere $00.25 -01.00 increase for their workers. |
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Susan K
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It should so everyone can make a decent living, but the real question is: will it? Will Congress get over election year electioneering and do anything substantive to help people who actually work for a living? |
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mgiltz
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Yes The minimum wage should also stay up with the cost of living expense |
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5375
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Of course. All the arguments against it are bogus. When it was last raised (when was it, 20 years ago?), none of the slippery slope catastrophes predicted occurred. No business shut downs, no inflation, nothing. The only thing that happens is that you have happier, more productive workers. At the rate we're going, the minimum hourly wage will soon equal the cost of a gallon of gasoline! Those opposed to raising the minimum wage will then rejoice. They are self-centered moralistic hypocrites. The current minimum wage is immoral, it is a monument to the cheapness and greed of the Republicans who refuse to even consider raising it. A 12 year old 6th grader earns more to mow his Republican Daddy's lawn! Entry level jobs should not equate to near slavery. So, spit on their hamburgers if they pay you minimum wage!!! |
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jean
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Yes ,it is going to have to.If the people in goverment worked for minimum wage I wonder what amount it would be. |
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SO In LOVE
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Definatley! I live in New york and minimum wage is $6.15 here. It is going up a whole dollar. But still with the gas prices being so high along with the cost of living it should be risen to at least $10.00 an hour. No one can afford to live in new york anymore. It really sucks! |
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thefcnman
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yes and gas should go down 150 |
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♥Cutie Emily♥
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yeah! |
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Yokihana
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Yes. Minimum wage needs to go up because the costs of living are going up and if a parent is only able to make minimum wage of $5.50 an hour, its not much, it only amounts to about $200-$300 a week...hardly enough to pay for a months worth of groceries. Because of gas too. Gas is constantly skyrocketing and then going down a few cents before goign back down. When I first got my car in 2004 it only cost me $11-$15 to fill from a quarter of a tank. Now it costs $24! Tha'ts double what it was two years ago. And food prices are raising as well as home costs. (Here most houses go for $400,000 or more. High land values.) I think that the minimum wage should be uped to $6.50 or more to concide with the higher cost of living |
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Linnie
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yes....why not? |
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.
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In October '06 it's going from $5.15 an hour to $6.25 an hour. |
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oneofthebless
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yes it should with the cost of everything going up. minimum wage is barely minimum. THere is no wonder teenagers are finding other way to make money. |
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spenderalla33
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I think it should go Down,
Don't YOU 2 |
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amber
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Yes!!!!!! |
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amygirl9333
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YEAH SEEING IT'S ONLY 5.15 AN HOUR, AND GAS IS 2.99 PER GALLON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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betterlife_travel
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Yes, it should. The current minimum wage is not a living wage. Minimum wage should at least be increased enough for the total to be above the poverty line in the US. More minimum wage employers should also offer health care at a cheap rate if they want to keep their employees at work. |
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Ash*uh*lee
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Yes it should! Even though it's minimum wage it's still not enough. |
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thethinker
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Minimum wage should increase, SSI benefits should be more restrictive and more assistance to the working poor should be given, like a government ran or subsidized childcare. When someone on SSI with food, insurance, housing assistance and monthly stipend average around $18,000 a year minimum wage should be atleast $8.50.
Email you state congressman and complain. Taxation without representation is why the US left England. |
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BDG214
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If min. wage increases, prices of products will increase. However, I feel min. wage should be more regionally specific. It isn't fair to assume someone living in NYC could live on the same wage as someone in upstate NY. I think there should be state level min. wages, and major metro areas should establish their own level. |
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