Comments on: We Still Need to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage

By: Matt Willis

Matt Willis — Mon, 02 May 2016 12:24:58 +0000

Stop trying to raise the minimum wage. Those are starter jobs! If you want to make more money, educate yourself and get a better job!!

By: Stephen Barber

Stephen Barber — Sun, 01 May 2016 23:53:12 +0000

What all you fools who support this aren’t considering is, WHERE will the money come from to make a higher minimum wage a reality? It will NOT be “good for the economy” or good any other way. The fact is, if an employer is forced to pay higher wages (due to a Federal mandate), they will make up for that by RAISING PRICES on their products & services. Gotta have the money to pay the wages, right? Guess what happens then? People won’t be able to afford the higher costs of consumer goods & services; which will affect SALES, which translates into LESS HOURS for workers (reduced from full time to part time), as well as LAY OFFS; and finally, businesses, especially smaller ones (which comprise the overwhelming majority of American companies) closing their doors, forced OUT OF BUSINESS due to a Federally mandated minimum wage! See what I mean? You people who are so zealously supportive of ANY thing that is government mandated and enforced when it comes to what is supposed to be PRIVATE enterprise are showing how indoctrinated and brainwashed you are by the globalists and their New World Order agenda, which is the destruction of our economy and our nation in favour of world government! Contrary to what you believe, government doesn’t “protect” any thing, nor do they provide any thing, especially safety and security! The only thing government has to give is what they TAKE. And they either do so forceably, as has been the case with Socialism and Communism; or by stealth, which is the case with Fascism, also known as Corporatism! In America’s case, we now have BOTH forces at work, and you can see what the effect of that is. Our manufacturing base is being destroyed via “treatees” like GATT, NAFTA, & TPP, which is why so much of our products come primarily from China (the worst Communist slave state & violator of human rights!) Meanwhile, Americans are being taxed to death, both in business and privately; and every aspect of our lives are being regulated & tracked BY GOVERNMENT to where we basically have no FREEDOM (liberty!). And you want further government intervention into the private sector? You are insane, only inviting trouble, and signing your own death warrant! America was made great by two things: FAITH IN GOD (THE GOD OF THE HOLY BIBLE, JESUS CHRIST) AND HARD WORK! Government doesn’t solve problems. Government IS the problem!

By: Judy Epstein

Judy Epstein — Sun, 01 May 2016 23:37:45 +0000

Everyone must have a living wage!!!

By: Vernon Huffman

Vernon Huffman — Sun, 01 May 2016 18:52:32 +0000

Every move to raise the minimum wage is valid. Our most effective organizing is done at the local level and every victory adds toward a global goal of every worker paid at the equivalent of US$15/hr in 2016 dollars with an automatic COLA.

By: Yvonne Hansen

Yvonne Hansen — Sun, 01 May 2016 16:34:29 +0000

A minimum wage, $15, in some places would be a poverty wage given the local cost of living. Tax rates must be changed so a low wage earner, even @ $15/hr., would not have taxes taken out because every penny is needed to live on, to survive.

By: Connie S Owens

Connie S Owens — Sun, 01 May 2016 16:10:18 +0000

Increasing the minimum wage is not enough. Taxes will eat into the increase. Health insurance will also increase. There needs to be a balance. Fix the system. Here in San Diego County, the cost of living is a 3 to 4 times the wage. Raising the wage will barely fix the problem. Yes, it sounds good, but is it really?

By: Judith Poxon

Judith Poxon — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:03:41 +0000

Workers won’t be fully protected until the federal minimum wage is raised.

By: Robert Skappel

Robert Skappel — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:31:14 +0000

Grow the economy, give Higher wages !

By: Raise the Federal Minimum Wage Today

Raise the Federal Minimum Wage Today — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:26:49 +0000

Too many jobs (esp. Walmart) have wages that leave workers at the Poverty level or below, and their benefits are close to nil.