$9 minimum wage? Hey, try $10

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  • Nicholas Scheuer
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2006
    • 13579

    $9 minimum wage? Hey, try $10

    That's what Illinois Gov Quinn is propposing, and I hope it passes.

    Lots of wealthy, smug individuals here in the WBF will dissagree, of course.
  • David W Pratt
    Senior Member
    • May 2005
    • 12324

    #2
    Re: $9 minimum wage? Hey, try $10

    What would be the effect on unemployment?
    Given that increasing the cost of labor would be expected to drive down the demand.

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    • Steve McMahon
      Senior Dis-Member
      • Nov 2000
      • 7901

      #3
      Re: $9 minimum wage? Hey, try $10

      It's $10.15 here. When it went up significantly over the last couple of years the "business community" screemed blue murder, especially the food service businesses. I don't think it ended up hurting them in the end.
      Stay calm, be brave....wait for the signs. Possibly precariously prevaricating.
      .

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      • Bram V
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2010
        • 514

        #4
        Re: $9 minimum wage? Hey, try $10

        $10,66 here, apparently $10,56 (if you calculate inflation) in the past.

        I believe there is a bandwith in which people earn enough to contribute to the economy, yet not enough to pay an accountant good enough to squeeze every last penny that might be paid to the public onto an offshore account.

        The more people you have within that band, the better it is for your country.
        If at first you fail, you need to expand your sample size.

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        • Rum_Pirate
          Banned
          • Apr 2007
          • 22881

          #5
          Re: $9 minimum wage? Hey, try $10

          Minimum wage here is US$2.78 /hr here.

          Yes, two dollars and seventy eight cents.

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          • Concordia 33
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2007
            • 2815

            #6
            Re: $9 minimum wage? Hey, try $10

            Originally posted by Nicholas Scheuer
            That's what Illinois Gov Quinn is propposing, and I hope it passes.

            Lots of wealthy, smug individuals here in the WBF will dissagree, of course.
            So if I am not wealthy or smug, am I allowed to disagree, or is this thread only for the wealthy/smug and those that agree with you? Or are you trying to say that if I disagree, I am a de facto wealthy and smug person?.
            * _______________________________________ )

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            • leikec
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2009
              • 10993

              #7
              Re: $9 minimum wage? Hey, try $10

              Originally posted by Concordia 33
              So if I am not wealthy or smug, am I allowed to disagree, or is this thread only for the wealthy/smug and those that agree with you? Or are you trying to say that if I disagree, I am a de facto wealthy and smug person?.
              Don't sell yourself short--you can be smug without being wealthy...don't give up because you're only halfway there.

              Jeff C
              Don’t expect much, and you won’t be disappointed…

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