Yes, but when an animal desires more than it has, it makes an effort to get more. It doesn't wait on somebody to hand it more.
yes, theyre making the effort to be allowed to earn more. it would be doing nothing if they were just all quitting and THEN asking for more money
How are they making an effort? Seriously, what are they doing to deserve fifteen bucks an hour instead of minimum wage?
theyre trying to raise the minimum wage, because it doesnt factor in the rising cost of living. and we`ve officially looped the conversation.
Yes, we have, because I mentioned in my original post that I'm living quite comfortable on considerably less than what they're claiming is a living wage. Don't get me wrong, I support paying people a living wage, but I don't believe for a second that the people demanding fifteen bucks an hour are motivated by anything but greed.
That is what happens already though, you have to wait for higher ups to either quit, be moved or die to be promoted.
Or you can apply for a transfer... or they can be promoted themselves... or, worst case scenario, you can take the skills and experience from your current job and apply for a better one.
So still the same thing, just somewhere else. Not that it matters, I was more pointing out the way it works, you also have to wait on somebody to hand you more.
Indeed. It isn't an accident that we are now seeing these demands for higher wages in the fast food sector. In the past, most people could move on from those jobs. Nowadays, even people who did well in college are getting stuck in them. Clique ties and workplace politics also play a role in promotions in a fair deal of cases; promotions, job offers, college offers, etc. aren't always done on a meritocratic basis. In the United States, the 400 wealthiest individuals (who do very little, if any, productive work) have more wealth than the bottom 150 million. And I am supposed to be upset about people stuck in menial jobs asking for a higher salary ($15.00 per hour, by the way, is a pittance)?
So what you're saying is that because a very small percentage of the people take advantage of the system, it's broken and needs to done away with?
Actually, it's the same argument that liberals tend to use when conservatives point out the flaws in welfare.
I'm seeing you using anecdotes to smear an entire system; the implication is that the entire thing should be thrown out due to a small handful of people abusing it. My point still stands. As for 400 individuals owning more wealth than the bottom 150 million in the United States, well, that is the way capitalism works. The underlying logic behind opposition to meager wage increases dictates that the rich don't have nearly enough money, and the poor have far too much of it.
Can some explain how raising the minimum wage will even help with cost of living issues? You raise the minimum wage and prices go up to pay for the increase and then we're back at the minimum wage not being enough for food at frigging McDonalds.
When a business regularly has a lot of customers, an increase of any amount on something, makes a *squee!* ton of profit, but each customer is only spending less than a dollar more each, not exactly breaking anyone's bank. My drive-through is slow so I only see about 245 customers per day, if each of them only spent an extra 20 cents in total a visit, not per item, that's 245 x $0.20 = $49 extra per day, that's $343 extra per week, using my team with Ridley's example of already being at $11 per hour they need an extra $4 per hour to meet the new minimum wage, I have 3 team members, one on 34hrs one on 22hrs and one on 15hrs per week, that's 71hrs total per week, 71hrs x $4 = $284. With such a minimal increase in sales I'd make an estimated profit of $100 after the increase in minimum wage. $343 increased sales - $284 increased wages = $100 profit Then minus the increased tax the government would take, which is why I made sure there was a profit there as a buffer, and didn't even include weekend heavy trade, but you get my point, I doubt we need to go into that much detail.
Okay, so spending an extra twenty cents a meal at McDonald's doesn't seem all that bad, right? Well, let's do the math on this. If an average McDonald's meal is about $6 (based on prices in Florida), than an extra twenty cents raises the average price to $6.20. That's about a three percent increase. Again, doesn't seem all that bad. Of course, if the minimum wage increases for everyone, than all businesses will have to raise their prices. The slaughterhouses and meat-packing plants have to pay their workers more? Well, okay, they'll just charge McDonald's more for the beef. Let's call it an extra fifty cents a meal. Lots of folks work in those places, after all. And now the $6 meal is at $6.70, but wait, there's more! The bakery workers need more pay, too! Oh well, now those apple pies and hamburger buns cost a bit more, but not too much, right? Maybe an extra twenty cents a meal. $6.90 Oh, and let's not forget the soda company! Big company, lots of workers... let's say forty cents. $7.30... Make it stop! But of course, we can't make it stop. Not until we've given raises to the condiment company workers ($0.20), the pickers who bring in the veggies ($0.50), and the dairy farm workers. ($0.25). And now that $6 meal is at $8.25, an increase of 37.5% Of course, this won't just affect McDonald's. Grocery stores and other businesses will have to raise prices, too. Now, imagine a family of four. Mom, Dad, two kids. Dad works forty hours a week at $9/h. ($1440/m0) Mom works thirty-two hours a week at minimum wage, let's call it $7.50/h. ($960/m) Altogether, that's $2400/mo. Now, let's put their living expenses at about $2000/mo. It's a little low, but Mom and Dad are thrifty. After all, they need to save for the future. Suddenly... the Magic Money Fairy increases the minimum wage to $15/h! Now, Dad is making $2400/mo, and Mom is making $1920/mo! That's $4320/mo! Wow! Of course, their monthly expenses are now $2750/mo, but hey, they're still ahead! But wait... what's this? The small business that Mom worked for can't afford to keep her anymore? Oh no! Now Dad's $2400/mo has to cover their $2750/mo in expenses! It's okay. It's okay! They've got some money put away! Surely Mom will find another job! Now it's six months later. The savings are gone, Mom's still out of work, and Dad just found out that his company is cutting him back to four days a week ($1920/mo). Bye-bye benefits! Another six months. The house got foreclosed on, so the family is now living in a tenement in the bad part of town. Mom's started drinking, and Dad's about to lose his job because he's constantly having to leave work to deal with Little Billy's new problems at school, And Little Suzie? Sweet, innocent, fifteen year old Little Suzie? She's pregnant. Not sure who the father is. But hey, at least they've still got the family car! Load up family, says Dad! We're going on a road trip! To a better place! So our little hypothetical family loads up, and Dad drives right into the path of an oncoming train, thus freeing himself and his family from their misery!
If the beef costs mcdonalds an extra 20 cents, that doesn't translate to 20 cents extra per burger, mcdonalds is only paying an extra 20 cents per order of beef, same with all the other stuff you mentioned, it's per transaction, not per item purchased, it would be no different between business and suppliers, just as businesses have a lot of customers to resource from, suppliers have a lot of businesses to resource from, no single person or business foots the entire bill.
No, I figured it as extra price per meal. Do you really think if your supplier's operating costs suddenly double, you'd only get charged an extra twenty cents per order?
