Could Republicans Live On Minimum Wage? NO! But No Fixes To It Either!

[francoHFW]

(Smile) We better ourselves so we don't have to, yes it is just that simple.

That's because you generally can Afford to. But what about those who can't and are struggling to make ends meet and feed their families? Some even have to work several jobs while you just "better" yourselves. That's why your party needs to be given the Boot Posthaste.

so why can he "generally" afford to.....but this other guy cant?.....most people....get out there and apply at dozens of places.....so why cant this other guy?.....

Did you lose your job since 2008? Then you're clueless, Mr. Postman.
And you believe discrimination doesn't exist?

 

[Rambunctious]

OKAY... You can have a mandated minimum wage or unlimited opportunity.

Choose one!

 

[francoHFW]

IOW, he DID.

 

[francoHFW]

FALSE CHOICE< Billy hater dupe...

 

[Claudette]

Well after all, for the party of the rich why would they even have to worry about earning minimum wage at all? That's for the struggling Middle Class and many others don't you know. But knowing that they, themselves, could not live on minimum wage, how do they expect others who are less financially fortunate than they are to live on it? Good question to which they would rather just prefer to sweep under the carpet and hope Middle Class Americans just forget about it. Oh, but don't forget they are asking for your vote!

Poll: GOP couldn't live on minimum wage, but still won't raise it | MSNBC

Jesus your an idiot.

I've lived on minimum wage before. Of course the minimum wage only lasted for thirty days. I moved on up the payscale because I was good at the job. No one stays on minimum wage unless they are damned near useless at any job in which case they are out the door.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Up the minimum wage to 10.10/hour
Restrict ceo PAY to 300 times the lowest employee. Force them to either invest in the company with that money or pay the workers better.
Make corporate fraud expensive and not worth it. Throw the bums in prison!
Increase income taxes on all making more than 5 million per year to 30%.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Well after all, for the party of the rich why would they even have to worry about earning minimum wage at all? That's for the struggling Middle Class and many others don't you know. But knowing that they, themselves, could not live on minimum wage, how do they expect others who are less financially fortunate than they are to live on it? Good question to which they would rather just prefer to sweep under the carpet and hope Middle Class Americans just forget about it. Oh, but don't forget they are asking for your vote!

Poll: GOP couldn't live on minimum wage, but still won't raise it | MSNBC

Since when does the middle class consist of people making minimum wage?

FYI the middle income quintile is middle class and people in the middle income quintile average over 50K a year.

That aside you do realize that only 3% of all workers are currently earning the federal minimum wage or less and that includes service workers who receive tips.

So please put this in perspective and see it fir what it is; a nonissue.

 

[ScienceRocks]

OKAY... You can have a mandated minimum wage or unlimited opportunity.

Choose one!

You really don't know what the **** you're talking about? Do you? The rich if given that oppornity will pay the workers like slaves.

 

[LoneLaugher]

I lived on 5.15 an hour for the better part of a year. I fed and clothed myself adequately. The next job I had paid 8.25 an hour, automatic pay raise for already being proficient in that line of work. That should tell you to work for a raise, not demand one.

Is that a joke?

Why do you continue to weigh in on threads related to work experience and the cost of living? There must be some voice in your head that tells you how absurd it makes you look.

How much was your rent when you lived on $5.15 per hour? Utilities?

 

[Skull Pilot]

I lived on 5.15 an hour for the better part of a year. I fed and clothed myself adequately. The next job I had paid 8.25 an hour, automatic pay raise for already being proficient in that line of work. That should tell you to work for a raise, not demand one.

Is that a joke?

Why do you continue to weigh in on threads related to work experience and the cost of living? There must be some voice in your head that tells you how absurd it makes you look.

How much was your rent when you lived on $5.15 per hour? Utilities?

If I couldn't pay my bills with the income from one job I worked two.

Stop whining.

 

[Spoonman]

Well after all, for the party of the rich why would they even have to worry about earning minimum wage at all? That's for the struggling Middle Class and many others don't you know. But knowing that they, themselves, could not live on minimum wage, how do they expect others who are less financially fortunate than they are to live on it? Good question to which they would rather just prefer to sweep under the carpet and hope Middle Class Americans just forget about it. Oh, but don't forget they are asking for your vote!

Poll: GOP couldn't live on minimum wage, but still won't raise it | MSNBC

its good to know there are no republicans living on minimum wage.

 

[LoneLaugher]

(Smile) We better ourselves so we don't have to, yes it is just that simple.

That's because you generally can Afford to. But what about those who can't and are struggling to make ends meet and feed their families? Some even have to work several jobs while you just "better" yourselves. That's why your party needs to be given the Boot Posthaste.

Bullshit, in the 80's my wife and I would eat popcorn for dinner and feed the kids bologna sandwiches.

At the store people were buying steak and all other manor of good stuff with their food stamps and I'd buy bolonga and popcorn.

Pardon me for not allowing worthless people like you convincing others they "can't" do certain things.

Now I make 6 figures.

So take your loser self and tuck your tail between your legs and slink off with the rest of the "I can't" cretins.

Bullshit.

 

[ScienceRocks]

I lived on 5.15 an hour for the better part of a year. I fed and clothed myself adequately. The next job I had paid 8.25 an hour, automatic pay raise for already being proficient in that line of work. That should tell you to work for a raise, not demand one.

Is that a joke?

Why do you continue to weigh in on threads related to work experience and the cost of living? There must be some voice in your head that tells you how absurd it makes you look.

How much was your rent when you lived on $5.15 per hour? Utilities?

If I couldn't pay my bills with the income from one job I worked two.

Stop whining.

And you worked for some super rich mother ****** that paid 15% income taxes. Laughed all the way to the bank on your sweat and blood. Wake up!

 

[Skull Pilot]

Is that a joke?

Why do you continue to weigh in on threads related to work experience and the cost of living? There must be some voice in your head that tells you how absurd it makes you look.

How much was your rent when you lived on $5.15 per hour? Utilities?

If I couldn't pay my bills with the income from one job I worked two.

Stop whining.

And you worked for some super rich mother ****** that paid 15% income taxes. Laughed all the way to the bank on your sweat and blood. Wake up!

No. I never worked for a large corporation. I worked for small companies and I always worked for myself as well. Now I own a business that employs 12 people.

You see I never thought it was someone else's responsibility to pay my way.

 

[LoneLaugher]

I lived on 5.15 an hour for the better part of a year. I fed and clothed myself adequately. The next job I had paid 8.25 an hour, automatic pay raise for already being proficient in that line of work. That should tell you to work for a raise, not demand one.

Is that a joke?

Why do you continue to weigh in on threads related to work experience and the cost of living? There must be some voice in your head that tells you how absurd it makes you look.

How much was your rent when you lived on $5.15 per hour? Utilities?

If I couldn't pay my bills with the income from one job I worked two.

Stop whining.

What weird glasses are you wearing? I wasn't whining, dummy. I was mocking. The dude lives with Granny. He doesn't have a housing expense. Do you understand?

And, yes, we know. You are conservative. That means that you pulled yourself up by your own bootstraps! You are AWESOME!!

 

[TemplarKormac]

I lived on 5.15 an hour for the better part of a year. I fed and clothed myself adequately. The next job I had paid 8.25 an hour, automatic pay raise for already being proficient in that line of work. That should tell you to work for a raise, not demand one.

Is that a joke?

Why do you continue to weigh in on threads related to work experience and the cost of living? There must be some voice in your head that tells you how absurd it makes you look.

How much was your rent when you lived on $5.15 per hour? Utilities?

Paid for food, clothes, my rent was 40 bucks a month via my father, which was split into paying for all of the utilities, cable, electricity, water... I also helped pay for my cell phone bill back then. Beyond that was unaffordable, 40 bucks was a third of my paycheck for a week. So if I paid more, I risked not having enough to live on until the next payday. I was learning how to stretch a dollar at 18 years of age LoneLaugher.

My last job at the UGA Veterinary School was $8.25 an hour as a janitor, and by the fifth month I had already amassed over $1,100 even after paying for gas, asthma medications, my full cell phone bill, clothing and groceries, oh and I after I had to resign, I used the last 600 bucks to my name to pay off the title on my grandmother's car so she could devote that money to other needs.

If I ever got where I could hold down a job again, I would be sitting pretty. I would know how to save money and spend it wisely. I know how to handle money and I sure as hell know what work experience is, I also know what cost of living is like as well. For you to say I have no experience in those areas is laughable.

It really makes you look foolish to sit there and judge me. So shut it, LL. This is the last time I will explain myself to you.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Is that a joke?

Why do you continue to weigh in on threads related to work experience and the cost of living? There must be some voice in your head that tells you how absurd it makes you look.

How much was your rent when you lived on $5.15 per hour? Utilities?

If I couldn't pay my bills with the income from one job I worked two.

Stop whining.

What weird glasses are you wearing? I wasn't whining, dummy. I was mocking. The dude lives with Granny. He doesn't have a housing expense. Do yiu understand?

And, yes, we know. You are conservative. That means that you pulled yourself up by your own bootstraps! You are AWESOME!!

I am not a conservative or a liberal or a republican or a democrat.

I am just a guy who is sick of all you pantywaists whining all the time.

You do realize that only 3% of workers earn the federal minimum wage don't you?

In those 3% are included service workers whose tips actually put them well above the minimum wage.

This whole whine fest is a ******* nonissue. You're all just too ******* stupid to realize it.

 

[LoneLaugher]

I lived on 5.15 an hour for the better part of a year. I fed and clothed myself adequately. The next job I had paid 8.25 an hour, automatic pay raise for already being proficient in that line of work. That should tell you to work for a raise, not demand one.

Is that a joke?

Why do you continue to weigh in on threads related to work experience and the cost of living? There must be some voice in your head that tells you how absurd it makes you look.

How much was your rent when you lived on $5.15 per hour? Utilities?

Paid for food, clothes, my rent was 40 bucks a month via my father, which was split into paying for all of the utilities, cable, electricity, water... I also helped pay for my cell phone bill back then. Beyond that was unaffordable, 40 bucks was a third of my paycheck for a week. So if I paid more, I risked not having enough to live on until the next payday. I was learning how to stretch a dollar at 18 years of age LoneLaugher.

My last job at the UGA Veterinary School was $8.25 an hour as a janitor, and by the fifth month I had already amassed over $1,100 even after paying for gas, asthma medications, my full cell phone bill, clothing and groceries, oh and I after I had to resign, I used the last 600 bucks to my name to pay off the title on my grandmother's car so she could devote that money to other needs.

If I ever got where I could hold down a job again, I would be sitting pretty. I would know how to save money and spend it wisely. I know how to handle money and I sure as hell know what work experience is, I also know what cost of living is like as well. For you to say I have no experience in those areas is laughable.

It really makes you look foolish to sit there and judge me. So shut it, LL. This is the last time I will explain myself to you.

I can tell that you are embarrassed. You should be. You simply should not pipe in regarding the lives, trials, complaints or any other factor pertaining to people who must work their assess off to live. You don't work. You live off of others. You are not in a position to judge how people who work minimum wage jobs live.

You speak with pride about doing what any high school kid with a summer job does. Knowing how to save money and spend it wisely is a valuable skill. One that people with jobs need to have.

You are now 26 years old, right? What would you do if your grandmother kicked you out of her house today? What is the first thing you would do?

 

[LoneLaugher]

If I couldn't pay my bills with the income from one job I worked two.

Stop whining.

What weird glasses are you wearing? I wasn't whining, dummy. I was mocking. The dude lives with Granny. He doesn't have a housing expense. Do yiu understand?

And, yes, we know. You are conservative. That means that you pulled yourself up by your own bootstraps! You are AWESOME!!

I am not a conservative or a liberal or a republican or a democrat.

I am just a guy who is sick of all you pantywaists whining all the time.

You do realize that only 3% of workers earn the federal minimum wage don't you?

In those 3% are included service workers whose tips actually put them well above the minimum wage.

This whole whine fest is a ******* nonissue. You're all just too ******* stupid to realize it.

We've had this discussion a hundred times. You and I are in a similar situation financially. The difference between us is that I care about how the least among us live and you don't. I don't want to drive past a ******* tent city to get from my home to my office......and it wouldn't bother you one bit. I don't want diseases to run wild in the local elementary school because some of the kids couldn't afford to go to a doctor and you chalk it up to "tough shit". Finally, I understand that if the least among us can get ahead.....and earn enough to live and have some extra to spend and save......our economy will benefit and my business will grow.

Not whining. Common sense.

 

[Geaux4it]

Well after all, for the party of the rich why would they even have to worry about earning minimum wage at all? That's for the struggling Middle Class and many others don't you know. But knowing that they, themselves, could not live on minimum wage, how do they expect others who are less financially fortunate than they are to live on it? Good question to which they would rather just prefer to sweep under the carpet and hope Middle Class Americans just forget about it. Oh, but don't forget they are asking for your vote!

Poll: GOP couldn't live on minimum wage, but still won't raise it | MSNBC

Minimum wage is not meant to be 'career' financially. But with Obama's terrible economy more an more are having to settle for MW jobs. In such cases, one may need to work 2 jobs to obtain the lifestyle they seek. Problem is there are to many free rides and no incentive for personal monetary progression.

Instead of the phrase 'Get a job' it is now called 'Get two jobs'

-Geaux