44% of Fully Employed Make less then $18.000 a Year

[Loving91390]

why isn't katz coming back to defend his thread?.....

How do you defend .... a lie ?

[Flash]

Raise the minimum wage to $25.00 hr.

I know small business owners who do not make that much and they surely cannot afford to pay that to their workers.

[Flash]

Indeed.

Average Salary Information for US Workers
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median wage for workers in the United States in the first quarter of 2019 was $905 per week or $47,060 per year for a 40-hour workweek. Wages were 2.7% higher than on the same date for the previous year.

Thread fail due to being a lie...as almost every thread by the OP is a lie.

How are we supposed to whine and cry about how miserable we all are when you keep giving us facts?

[cawacko]

I know small business owners who do not make that much and they surely cannot afford to pay that to their workers.

For most that argue raising the minimum wage to $15, $20, $25 or $30/hr they just don’t care because they don’t understand the economics behind it. The government can’t force a McDonalds in BFE Mississippi to pay workers the same amount as a McDonald’s worker in San Francisco (when we’re talking $15+ hr) and expect there to not be an employment problem. It just doesn’t work that way.

[TTQ64]

I know small business owners who do not make that much and they surely cannot afford to pay that to their workers.

Then they don't need to be in business. If they can't run their business and pay a decent wage then they need to fold.

Business owners get breaks most folks don't get.

They are priority over everyone else.

[TTQ64]

For most that argue raising the minimum wage to $15, $20, $25 or $30/hr they just don’t care because they don’t understand the economics behind it. The government can’t force a McDonalds in BFE Mississippi to pay workers the same amount as a McDonald’s worker in San Francisco (when we’re talking $15+ hr) and expect there to not be an employment problem. It just doesn’t work that way.

STFU McDonalds makes BILLIONS of dollars they can afford to pay their employee 25 hr.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

Then they don't need to be in business. If they can't run their business and pay a decent wage then they need to fold.

Business owners get breaks most folks don't get.

They are priority over everyone else.

your idiot thoughts only serve the oligarchs who already run everything.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

STFU McDonalds makes BILLIONS of dollars they can afford to pay their employee 25 hr.

you're right on mcdonalds. there should be carve outs for small businesses, not big business like we have now. 25 might be too steep though.

[zymurgy]

this is every American worker

teenagers working part time

retired people adding to their earnings

it is a meaningless stat. shame on the op for thinking this is worthy of debate.

[Guno צְבִי]

Then they don't need to be in business. If they can't run their business and pay a decent wage then they need to fold.

Business owners get breaks most folks don't get.

They are priority over everyone else.

[cawacko]

It's interesting, we think of how many people have started businesses in this country on a shoe string budget. And they struggle, fight and claw to get clients, makes sales etc. in hopes of both surviving and ultimately growing their business. Yet the argument here is if you can't pay a $30/hr wage on Day 1 to any employees then you shouldn't be in business. Think about what that actually means. Especially if you are a (young) person of color trying to start your own venture.

[Superfreak]

$47,000 a year is not that great either, and here's a couple of other links that covers people living from paycheck to paycheck.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...says/39940123/

https://www.fool.com/retirement/2019...eck-to-pa.aspx

Depends on what part of the country a person lives, but it is over twice what the OP suggested.

[Sailor]

Then they don't need to be in business. If they can't run their business and pay a decent wage then they need to fold.

Business owners get breaks most folks don't get.

They are priority over everyone else.

What business do you own and run? Do not bother answering. None. Pipe down.

[Sailor]

I will ask you the same thing, coward. What business do you own and run?

[Trumpet]

I will ask you the same thing, coward. What business do you own and run?

How's the crack business these days???????????????