February 13, 201313 yr Where do you shop at? If it's in or near Lexington I'm going to start going.Two weeks ago I was getting milk in Henderson at Wal-Mart for .98/gal. Dollar General opened a family market or whatever they call it and that was their price. Wal-Mart matched it. They have raised it to $1.48 but still pretty cheap.
February 13, 201313 yr Has min wage ever been increased with the GOP in the White House? Yes and I didnt agree then either.
February 13, 201313 yr Yes and I didnt agree then either. Was that R president trying to build up the welfare rolls?
February 13, 201313 yr The costs of living are skyrocketing, but I don't understand how raising the minimum wage is a solution while our economy is experiencing high rates of unemployment, and raising the minimum wage would surely increase unemployment for young and/or uneducated workers. If you want to fix the costs of living, we can talk about inflation, but raising the minimum wage is counterproductive and contributes absolutely nothing to lower-class and middle-class workers. I have a solution. You give $1 million dollars to every full time working person in the country (drop in the bucket for what the gov't spends on other things) and you give that to each person a little at a time over an entire year. If the person quits his/her job then they no longer recieve money the rest of the year. Put a price freeze on goods and services to stop from price gouging. This way people have disposable income and busienss owners have money to expand employment etc. and the economy recovers. viola, problem solved.
February 13, 201313 yr Not really sure about how many jobs pay min.wage A LOT of service jobs START people at minimum wage and they can earn their way up. I own such a company. I bought it when the minimum wage was $6.00 per hour. When it increased 20% to $7.25 I could not charge more for our services, and people didn't work any harder. So, I take it in the shorts. Now, I can't afford an extra hour of excess capacity, so I have to keep headcount down from what it was. If it goes to $9.00 per hour, I will have to close the doors period...the business is no longer viable and 15 good people who probably can't get jobs, at least most of them, elsewhere because of mistakes in their past will go on government support. Because if the base moves up, how am I not going to move up the pay of the people who have been loyal, showed up for work and earned their way to a greater than minimum wage (+ they get tips)? The people that are proposing a higher minimum wage are not based in the economic reality of running a service business. Forget about going to a department store, grocery or anything else and expect service in the future, because businesses will not be able to afford it. So, raising costs with no increase in productivity can only be made up by an increase in pricing for a business to stay viable. If the prices cannot be raised due to a poor economy, competition, etc., the cost increase will lead to greater unemployment. It's only logical.
February 14, 201313 yr U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time I do not care if a Republican or Democrat is in office... but someone has to fix this debt problem! IT IS OUT OF CONTROL!!!
February 14, 201313 yr Was that R president trying to build up the welfare rolls? They sure added to the problem we have today. 9.00 is a little too much, our economy is in such bad shape with inflation that we can't afford another increase and have prices go up more, it will hurt those who work on salary and don't get raises.
February 14, 201313 yr I have a solution. You give $1 million dollars to every full time working person in the country (drop in the bucket for what the gov't spends on other things) and you give that to each person a little at a time over an entire year. If the person quits his/her job then they no longer recieve money the rest of the year. Put a price freeze on goods and services to stop from price gouging. This way people have disposable income and busienss owners have money to expand employment etc. and the economy recovers. viola, problem solved. Wouldn't the government putting a price freeze be interfering in our capitalistic economy? Sent from my DROID X2 using Forum Runner
February 14, 201313 yr Wouldn't the government putting a price freeze be interfering in our capitalistic economy? Sent from my DROID X2 using Forum Runner But we have a socialist government, they can do anything they want.
February 14, 201313 yr Wouldn't the government putting a price freeze be interfering in our capitalistic economy? Sent from my DROID X2 using Forum Runner When I say price freeze, I don't mean no raising prices etc. ever, what I mean is no price gouging such as if everyone gets $1 million then M&M Mars can't start charging $100 for a snickers bar etc.
February 14, 201313 yr I have a solution. You give $1 million dollars to every full time working person in the country (drop in the bucket for what the gov't spends on other things) and you give that to each person a little at a time over an entire year. If the person quits his/her job then they no longer recieve money the rest of the year. Put a price freeze on goods and services to stop from price gouging. This way people have disposable income and busienss owners have money to expand employment etc. and the economy recovers. viola, problem solved. This is a sarcastic post right?
February 14, 201313 yr When I say price freeze, I don't mean no raising prices etc. ever, what I mean is no price gouging such as if everyone gets $1 million then M&M Mars can't start charging $100 for a snickers bar etc. Oh. That makes more sense.
February 14, 201313 yr Where do you shop at? If it's in or near Lexington I'm going to start going. NKY Krogers and Remkes. Sometimes Walmart.
February 14, 201313 yr Has min wage ever been increased with the GOP in the White House? Yes with Democratic control of House and Senate.
February 14, 201313 yr I have a solution. You give $1 million dollars to every full time working person in the country (drop in the bucket for what the gov't spends on other things) and you give that to each person a little at a time over an entire year. If the person quits his/her job then they no longer recieve money the rest of the year. Put a price freeze on goods and services to stop from price gouging. This way people have disposable income and busienss owners have money to expand employment etc. and the economy recovers. viola, problem solved.
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