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States with higher minimum wage gain more jobs
Many business groups argue that raising the minimum wage discourages job growth by increasing the cost of hiring. A Congressional Budget Office report earlier this year lent some support for that view. It found that a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, as President Obama supports, could cost 500,000 jobs nationwide.
But the state-by-state hiring data, released Friday by the Labor Department, provides ammunition to those who disagree. Economists who support a higher minimum say the figures are encouraging, though they acknowledge they don't establish a cause and effect. There are many possible reasons hiring might accelerate in a particular state.
People will work if you pay them more. More money means bills are paid, less debt, and more put back into the economy.
Ironically, the least educated states can't figure out why their taxes are high and think it's due to Tyranny, due to a specific news source that applies to poor people.
At one time, yes, that was my situation. Granted, it was a relatively brief period in my life (6 years).Well i don't know what you pay your employees but if it means that your business will go under for the sake of the greater good, so be it. People need better wages.I AM "mom and pop". Two employees (including me), cranking out just under $1 million/year in sales. Very expensive, very thin profit margins. BTW the other employee makes more in wages than do I, the manager.See there's your problem with understanding nuance. Job killing would depend on how high you raised it. If you raised the federal to 10.10, the ONLY businesses that would go under are some tiny mom and pop shops who were never very profitable to begin with. So what? This is about giving people wages they can live off of. Tell me if you had a wage that was less than 10 an hour could you live off of it? What if you had a kid? I know you cons have a deficit with empathy, but just try to imagine it will you?Not only would it kill "some jobs", but it would put a lot of "job providers" out of business.I really don't understand why Rightwingers have no appreciation for demand side economics. If you raised the minimum wage to a reasonable level, you are going to see economic growth. This is economics 101. If wages are higher, people are going to spend more money. Yes, initially it may kill some jobs, but it would regain that number and more with a stimulation to business. The reason why most (not all) CEO's are against raising the wage because it is easier for them to just keep their ridiculous amount of money rather than investing in a stronger labor force that would fair for anyone.
You want higher wages, stimulate the economy- not Wall Street.
Obama prints about $80 billion per month of paper dollars then dumps them. The value of the dollar is in the shitter, interest rates are near zero, and the only investment refuge is... Wall Street.
NOT Main Street.
God damnit man, get your ass to the Bitch-Slap thread.
If it was raised to that much the job loss would be less than 500,000 jobs.
I've lived with sub-10 wages WITH children. How? Do without. Cut spending to the absolute necessities. And the magic ingredients? Love, patience, and humility.
The three ingredients that you conceited, greedy, hyporcritical Liberal fucks sorely lack.
So let me see if you I follow you here. You make less than $10 an hour and you have more than one kid? You don't have a spouse with her own job? Bullshit. There is no way you support yourself and your kids on less than 400 a week without any other assistance.
In the meantime...
According to Entrepreneur Magazine there are between 25 million and 27 million small businesses in the U.S. that account for 60 to 80 percent of all U.S. jobs.
Small Businesses Big Impact - Forbes
And your comment reinforces my statement: under the Liberal status quo... the needs of the few far outweigh the needs of the many.
You are living in bizzaro-land. Typical Liberal Obama zombie contorted bullshit.
Small businesses are important to the American economy but-----but some small businesses aren't as small as Republicans and the rightwing scream (MSM) machine try to make out.
Below is a short very incomplete list of businesses considered "small" businesses identified by Keith Olbermann several years ago.
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Star has a mind? News to me.Small businesses are important to the American economy but-----but some small businesses aren't as small as Republicans and the rightwing scream (MSM) machine try to make out.
Below is a short very incomplete list of businesses considered "small" businesses identified by Keith Olbermann several years ago.
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You left out the most important part, the answer to the question of "So what?"
Who cares? So what? Why is that important in your mind?
OK, support your assertions then. I weeded through numerous links to get to Oberman's comment:To name just a few.
Rightwingers/Republicans are easily duped, huh?
YOUSure. Mandates cause economic chaos. Economic activity effects positively on the job market.But do you recognize cause and effect?
The effective minimum wage in oil-and-gas boomtowns is quite high, and not because it was mandated.
Report to the Bitch-Slap thread, bitch.
There are always those cases that are bad as well as good. Nothing is ever perfectI take it to mean they really don't know what the impact is. The impact of rising the minimum wage nationally will vary from state some positive some negative.Yeah I saw that but I take this and what's going on in Washington as signs that you are not loosing jobs..Also from the article,
Economists who support a higher minimum say the figures are encouraging, though they acknowledge they don't establish a cause and effect. There are many possible reasons hiring might accelerate in a particular state.
Like I've said. Everyone whines about inflation till it comes to wages.
States with higher minimum wage gain more jobs
Many business groups argue that raising the minimum wage discourages job growth by increasing the cost of hiring. A Congressional Budget Office report earlier this year lent some support for that view. It found that a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, as President Obama supports, could cost 500,000 jobs nationwide.
But the state-by-state hiring data, released Friday by the Labor Department, provides ammunition to those who disagree. Economists who support a higher minimum say the figures are encouraging, though they acknowledge they don't establish a cause and effect. There are many possible reasons hiring might accelerate in a particular state.
People will work if you pay them more. More money means bills are paid, less debt, and more put back into the economy.
LMAO you're conclusion is all wrong, go peddle your socialism on some street corner with a bullhorn.
what?I live here, and there are reports already of side benefits falling to the way side, and jobs are not being filled as people leave.
Look up whats happening to Sea-Tac, there are reports of this $15/hour thing NOT WORKING. Who wants to do more work as jobs are lost by attrition? Who wants to lose side benefits because that money is now being funneled to your pay check? People there are not happy about "the raise".
Small businesses are important to the American economy but-----but some small businesses aren't as small as Republicans and the rightwing scream (MSM) machine try to make out.
Below is a short very incomplete list of businesses considered "small" businesses identified by Keith Olbermann several years ago.
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You left out the most important part, the answer to the question of "So what?"
Who cares? So what? Why is that important in your mind?
Small businesses are important to the American economy but-----but some small businesses aren't as small as Republicans and the rightwing scream (MSM) machine try to make out.
Below is a short very incomplete list of businesses considered "small" businesses identified by Keith Olbermann several years ago.
.
You left out the most important part, the answer to the question of "So what?"
Who cares? So what? Why is that important in your mind?
Who cares? Obviously Republicans on this M/B do.
The Republicans on this M/B have a myriad of cognitive impairments or maybe decline is the better term. It was a rightwinger/Republican that first contrasted mom and pop shops with large corporation on this thread. And another actually went so far as to say something like s/he is, him/herself and one employee mom & pop. I'm informing the easily duped, i.e. Republicans/rightwingers, mom & pop businesses are only part of the small business equation.
What's an S-Corp? Bartell's is a western WA pharmacy chain, 29 stores, 1,700 employees - Republicans identify Bartell's as a mom & pop shop/small business.
Learn more about S-Corps here.
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what?I live here, and there are reports already of side benefits falling to the way side, and jobs are not being filled as people leave.
Look up whats happening to Sea-Tac, there are reports of this $15/hour thing NOT WORKING. Who wants to do more work as jobs are lost by attrition? Who wants to lose side benefits because that money is now being funneled to your pay check? People there are not happy about "the raise".
SeaTac is proving trickle-down economics wrong MSNBC
what?I live here, and there are reports already of side benefits falling to the way side, and jobs are not being filled as people leave.
Look up whats happening to Sea-Tac, there are reports of this $15/hour thing NOT WORKING. Who wants to do more work as jobs are lost by attrition? Who wants to lose side benefits because that money is now being funneled to your pay check? People there are not happy about "the raise".
SeaTac is proving trickle-down economics wrong MSNBC
In fairness, SeaTac is a small community and the number of affected workers is quite modest, making this a difficult test case.
what?I live here, and there are reports already of side benefits falling to the way side, and jobs are not being filled as people leave.
Look up whats happening to Sea-Tac, there are reports of this $15/hour thing NOT WORKING. Who wants to do more work as jobs are lost by attrition? Who wants to lose side benefits because that money is now being funneled to your pay check? People there are not happy about "the raise".
SeaTac is proving trickle-down economics wrong MSNBC
So double the work and less side benefits is ok with you... Sometimes people miss it when they actually have it pretty good.
$15/hr sounds fine and all, but what is going to give for that to happen?
No new employees, higher prices, cheaper product... Yeah, gotta love progress that actually makes things worse. As it is i no longer frequent fast food places very often, the food has gotten horrid, and sure as hell wont go if prices raise any more.
Pretty sure you don't understand history let alone the nuances of qoutes from the time.Based on the RWs posts on this board, I'd say their philosophy exemplifies the "let them eat cake' concept.States with higher minimum wage gain more jobs
Many business groups argue that raising the minimum wage discourages job growth by increasing the cost of hiring. A Congressional Budget Office report earlier this year lent some support for that view. It found that a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, as President Obama supports, could cost 500,000 jobs nationwide.
But the state-by-state hiring data, released Friday by the Labor Department, provides ammunition to those who disagree. Economists who support a higher minimum say the figures are encouraging, though they acknowledge they don't establish a cause and effect. There are many possible reasons hiring might accelerate in a particular state.
People will work if you pay them more. More money means bills are paid, less debt, and more put back into the economy.
RWs prefer that people be on welfare.
Better yet, let them starve.
Pretty sure you don't understand history let alone the nuances of qoutes from the time.Based on the RWs posts on this board, I'd say their philosophy exemplifies the "let them eat cake' concept.States with higher minimum wage gain more jobs
Many business groups argue that raising the minimum wage discourages job growth by increasing the cost of hiring. A Congressional Budget Office report earlier this year lent some support for that view. It found that a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, as President Obama supports, could cost 500,000 jobs nationwide.
But the state-by-state hiring data, released Friday by the Labor Department, provides ammunition to those who disagree. Economists who support a higher minimum say the figures are encouraging, though they acknowledge they don't establish a cause and effect. There are many possible reasons hiring might accelerate in a particular state.
People will work if you pay them more. More money means bills are paid, less debt, and more put back into the economy.
RWs prefer that people be on welfare.
Better yet, let them starve.
"Let them eat cake" was a totalitarian government structure that was taking other people's earnings in order that they themselves never had to eat cake but thought that was good enough for everyone else.
The cake was welfare you two simple minded idiot's. It was deemed good enough for the peasantry by the holder's of power. Indeed it was good enough and more than should be expected from the democratic party...I'm sorry I jumped ahead in history. Welfare is the best you can hope for under democrat rule. Be happy with your cake and keep voting democrat.
No hope for the future, no hope for your work just be happy with the fucking cake! That's the democrat way of trapping people in poverty. No worries though, you're in good hands with the government...eat your fucking cake and be happy.
