LA City Council votes to raise minimum wage to $15

[RockofStrength]

So, I'm curious. If I was making $15.00 an hour at another job (presumably with more responsibility, higher technical difficulty etc to justify my higher wage) why wouldn't I go and present my rather impressive resume to McDonalds and get an easier job for the same pay?

 

[actaeon277]

L.A. labor leaders agree to delay minimum wage exemption for unions - LA Times

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

They lobby for it and when it passes they want to be exempted. Hmmm. That sounds a lot like what the bastards did to us with the Affordable Care Act. **** 'em!

 

[pudly]

They lobby for it and when it passes they want to be exempted. Hmmm.

Which means that they would have an advantage in competing with non-union labor. Lobbying for a law that makes it illegal to compete on a level playing field. It's the union way...

 

[eldirector]

So, I'm curious. If I was making $15.00 an hour at another job (presumably with more responsibility, higher technical difficulty etc to justify my higher wage) why wouldn't I go and present my rather impressive resume to McDonalds and get an easier job for the same pay?

Why not argue for more pay at the existing job? What was minimum wage previously? $7-something? So, if you made double minimum previously, you should be making double minimum ($30/hr) now!

 

[RockofStrength]

Why not argue for more pay at the existing job? What was minimum wage previously? $7-something? So, if you made double minimum previously, you should be making double minimum ($30/hr) now!

That is also true, I suppose I was going with the easiest possible option (i.e. same pay for easier work) but heck so long as we're just handing out the corporation's money let's have it all out.

 

[poptab]

So, I'm curious. If I was making $15.00 an hour at another job (presumably with more responsibility, higher technical difficulty etc to justify my higher wage) why wouldn't I go and present my rather impressive resume to McDonalds and get an easier job for the same pay?

Intellectual Fulfillment.

I think I'd kill myself working a boring job.

 

[actaeon277]

For this McDonald's cook, wage hike could be more harm than help - LA Times

And some unintended consequences.

 

[jamil]

For this McDonald's cook, wage hike could be more harm than help - LA Times

And some unintended consequences.

See there, this whole thing would be fixed if we'd just go full on socialist. I mean, why shouldn't the government just own McDonald's? Or everything. I mean, we're all in this together, right?

 

[MisterChester]

OK- $15 may well not be a living wage. The minimum wage shouldn't be. Just don't give the libs and those who like to tell others what to do with their money- any ideas. They may well agree that $15 isn't enough.

For one you'd have to move to an area with a higher standard of living. You might make more on paper but the costs would be higher. Your quality of life wouldn't necessarily get better. If anything it's not a good idea because you'd be in a higher tax bracket, so it's possible your quality of life would decrease even if you made more on paper.

 

[HoughMade]

Why not argue for more pay at the existing job? What was minimum wage previously? $7-something? So, if you made double minimum previously, you should be making double minimum ($30/hr) now!

Which succinctly explains why unions advocate for a higher minimum wage even though very, very few, if any, of their members make the minimum wage.

When inflation rears it's ugly head...at the same time as increasing unemployment, which Keynes told us was impossible, but Jimmy Carter learned otherwise, we'll just "solve" that issue with more government intervention. That always works.

 

[Bill of Rights]

Which succinctly explains why unions advocate for a higher minimum wage even though very, very few, if any, of their members make the minimum wage.

When inflation rears it's ugly head...at the same time as increasing unemployment, which Keynes told us was impossible, but Jimmy Carter learned otherwise, we'll just "solve" that issue with more government intervention. That always works.

Point of order.

While you didn't say it directly, this alludes to Mr. Carter being the worst president we have ever had. That information is about six years out of date.

That is all.

 

[Joe G]

See there, this whole thing would be fixed if we'd just go full on socialist. I mean, why shouldn't the government just own McDonald's? Or everything. I mean, we're all in this together, right?

You didn't build that.

 

[HoughMade]

Point of order.

While you didn't say it directly, this alludes to Mr. Carter being the worst president we have ever had. That information is about six years out of date.

That is all.

It refers simply to "stagflation" which was a phenomenon unheard of to Keynesians pre-Carter. We have not yet experiences significant stagflation during the Obama presidency. We have seen increasing unemployment at times, slight employment recoveries and inflation in certain sectors, but not overall increasing unemployment and inflation at the same time....yet​. This is not to say that the economy has been all smiles. Far from.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I guess it all depends on how you "measure" unemployment. These days, if you stop looking your are not unemployed. Inflation is everywhere I'm looking except for gasoline. JMO.

 

[MisterChester]

It refers simply to "stagflation" which was a phenomenon unheard of to Keynesians pre-Carter. We have not yet experiences significant stagflation during the Obama presidency. We have seen increasing unemployment at times, slight employment recoveries and inflation in certain sectors, but not overall increasing unemployment and inflation at the same time....yet​. This is not to say that the economy has been all smiles. Far from.

The stagflation era didn't really go away until Reagan's 2nd term. And to think stagflation my occur again is a little shaky. Inflation right now is being kept at bay by many factors, most notably being the money supply as it stands now and the value of the dollar has increased lately. Spending by most Americans has been slowly ticking up but not really fast enough to warrant any crazy inflation. Most cases of inflation now are due to predictable cost increases.

 

[westside bengal]

I say let's take the government out of it right now. I am going to start paying my employees company scrip they can only spend in my brand new company store.
You don't think Walmart wouldn't pay their employees with vouchers only redeemable at their stores if they could get away with it?

We all know the government has overstepped the boundaries in a lot of ways. But you have to think about why and where these things start.
For example why do we have an EPA...it wasn't because Big Business made a mistake, owned up to and quit. It's because even after they realized they were killing the environment they denied everything and continued polluting.

We wouldn't need a lot of the rules if we as a society would live under "Treat others like I liked to be treated" rule would we?

 

[Cygnus]

So what is a Khuana Burger going to cost me in LA when this is in effect?
It's atasty burger and all but I am not paying $17 for a drive thru meal.

 

[level.eleven]

Point of order.

While you didn't say it directly, this alludes to Mr. Carter being the worst president we have ever had. That information is about six years out of date.

That is all.

Is this the new INGO?

 

[churchmouse]

Is this the new INGO?

What are you even talking about.

Please explain this.