MIT "Living Wage" calculator, how accurate for you area?

[DudleySmith]

There will always be the ones doing the lower jobs. They are as important as the better jobs are.
Of course, what you do with your money, is up to you. But everyone must have enough of it.

Most here are just afraid if they raise minimum wage to reflect real inflation it will make their wages look a lot less impressive, and their 'skills' a lot less valuable in real life is all. It's the same mentality that had those whites in the textile factories and cotton mills fight to the death over union contracts that paid blacks the same as whites; their self-worth relied on the extra nickel an hour differential they made over blacks for the same job.

 

[DudleySmith]

WTF does that have to do with needing two wage earners to make ends meet?

there is no free market, never was , never will be. It's just a fake scam peddled by ideologues. Employers have always colluded to fix wages in their industries and agree not to poach employees. Its the same now as it was in the 1800's. right-wingers snivel about labor unions but adore employer unions and monopolies rigging markets.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

there is no free market, never was , never will be. It's just a fake scam peddled by ideologues. Employers have always colluded to fix wages in their industries and agree not to poach employees. Its the same now as it was in the 1800's. right-wingers snivel about labor unions but adore employer unions and monopolies rigging markets.

Unions are for the losers who cant make it on their own merits.

 

[DudleySmith]

Unions are for the losers who cant make it on their own merits.

Yes, they aren't as special as you of course. But then only fools beleive there is some meritocracy in corporate cultures.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Yes, they aren't as special as you of course. But then only fools beleive there is some meritocracy in corporate cultures.

I got ahead because I was good at what I did.
No need for a union to make up for my lack of skills. I've worked around union workers and they're pathetic.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

You seem....under-appreciated.....Maybe you chose poorly.

Theres no choice in the matter when all companies are corrupt and despicable.

 

[DudleySmith]

I got ahead because I was good at what I did.
No need for a union to make up for my lack of skills. I've worked around union workers and they're pathetic.

Yes, that's the narrative from right wing hives. lol

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Yes, that's the narrative from right wing hives. lol

So you weren't able to get a raise without someone doing it for you huh...
Man thats pathetic.

 

[DudleySmith]

So you weren't able to get a raise without someone doing it for you huh...
Man thats pathetic.

lol the same fake answer all your peers always babble.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

lol the same fake answer all your peers always babble.

Stop repeating yourself.
It's a sign of low IQ....oh wait.

 

[DudleySmith]

Stop repeating yourself.
It's a sign of low IQ....oh wait.

lol projection. We're sorry your pay was so low you feel threatened by minimum wages adjustments that would put you at the same pay as burger flippers for your 'expertise'. As for my IQ, it's obviously higher than yours; I know 'free markets' are a myth, and big business has always hated it and they do away with it as quickly as possible and form trusts with those competitors they can't ruin.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

lol projection. We're sorry your pay was so low you feel threatened by minimum wages adjustments that would put you at the same pay as burger flippers for your 'expertise'. As for my IQ, it's obviously higher than yours; I know 'free markets' are a myth, and big business has always hated it and they do away with it as quickly as possible and form trusts with those competitors they can't ruin.

LOL...my pay was so low I was able to retire at 46.
It's tough out there I tells ya....

 

[initforme]

LOL...my pay was so low I was able to retire at 46.
It's tough out there I tells ya....

That's awesome. You didn't give away as much of your life as others.

 

[JustAGuy1]

A company that doesn´t want slaves but healthy and efficient employees that show up in time each morning pays even more.
Maybe you forgot what made the US so strong. It is the higher wages. People who earn more will spend more and thus make the economy grow.
Higher wages are a real win-win situation in general.
What you have in mind is a country like Colombia or even the Confederate States.

You aren't a bright guy.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

That's awesome. You didn't give away as much of your life as others.

Thats because I didnt rely on others to get a raise.