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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Or you are one of millions of Americans who have dignity in senior life because of one of the most successful socialistic programs ever devised in America, having lifted MILLIONS from destitution.
    after your president gives us double digit inflation, how much dignity will seniors be able to retain.......
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello T. A. Gardner,



    That is not a direct proportion. For instance, it has been estimated that the price of a Big Mac will hardly rise at all.
    they'll just stop putting meat in their "hamburger" to cut costs.....
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    I wonder if the op bothered to consider that as SS receipts increase, their obligations rise accordingly......
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    We've often heard the concern that raising the minimum wage might cause inflation.

    And the same people who say that would really love to deport the lowest cost, readily available, hardest working, work force our economy has, the undocumented immigrants.

    And they think that might not also cause inflation?
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    We've often heard the concern that raising the minimum wage might cause inflation.

    And the same people who say that would really love to deport the lowest cost, readily available, hardest working, work force our economy has, the undocumented immigrants.

    And they think that might not also cause inflation?
    Undocumented immigrants AKA illegal aliens don't deserve minimum wage they are criminals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    As FDR said, a business that cannot pay workers a living wage should do business in America.

    Did FDR think .25 cents an hour minimum wage was a living wage? That would be $4.45 today. Most of the businesses in 1938 would not be doing business according to his criteria.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yakuda View Post
    So we agree mw encourages automation. I love the ordering kiosks at McDonald's as they are faster and smarter than anyone at the counter and have a better attitude. The last thing I want to do is encounter a human at any of the fast food places. If I'm paying someone $15 an hour they better work their ass off. And again teens working part time dont deserve $15/ hour.
    I want my barista well educated if I'm to pay $10 for a coffee.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yakuda View Post
    Because you want to put people out of business?
    How is that going to put people out of business? Any good businessman who is savvy will pass along some of the costs to the consumer. If they cannot figure that out, they won't last long as a business.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Did FDR think .25 cents an hour minimum wage was a living wage? That would be $4.45 today. Most of the businesses in 1938 would not be doing business according to his criteria.
    That was nearly a hundred years ago, when people were much poorer. More than 50 years ago, it would be in current money over $11. We have gone backwards in the last 50 years, at least in this regard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    I want my barista well educated if I'm to pay $10 for a coffee.
    If they want $10 for a coffee, they really have to give you an "artisan" feeling to your coffee. If not, you will buy a coffee for a dollar somewhere else.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    I want my barista well educated if I'm to pay $10 for a coffee.
    Funny thing is, your barista probably couldn't make change if you handed her a twenty without the cash register telling her what it is...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    If they want $10 for a coffee, they really have to give you an "artisan" feeling to your coffee. If not, you will buy a coffee for a dollar somewhere else.
    Well I did say “if” I were to pay $10 for a cup of coffee. I’ll leave that to the limousine liberals. And no, I won’t wait in line half an hour to get a coffee for free when I can prepare my own in two minutes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    If they want $10 for a coffee, they really have to give you an "artisan" feeling to your coffee. If not, you will buy a coffee for a dollar somewhere else.
    Optimal word here is "feeling". Feelings are the basis for the whole $15 minimum wage argument. Teens working part time aren't worth $15/ hour. Period

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    Hello Flash,

    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Did FDR think .25 cents an hour minimum wage was a living wage? That would be $4.45 today. Most of the businesses in 1938 would not be doing business according to his criteria.
    A good point.

    We must remember that the standard of living was lower then. Many American homes did not even have electricity or running water. Telephones and TV were not common.

    The standard of living has been raised significantly, and that means the relative amount of income required to afford the current standard is also raised. Since living got more sophisticated, the living wage to maintain that standard has been pushed up accordingly.

    Do we, the well off, wish to extend the advances of the last 90 years to they, the disadvantaged?

    Or do we let them live in the 1930's as we all enjoy the 2020's...
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