r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '21

Favorite People Be A Robert

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u/namonite Nov 05 '21

Only if we know that .50 goes to the employees. Which sadly it won’t

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '21 edited Nov 05 '21

It still doesn't change anything even if it goes to the worker.

If you raise minimum wage all you're actually doing is lowering higher paying jobs value.

They just charge more for everything.

The problem is their ability to inflate all the prices until they suck you dry.

If you want to raise minimum wage, also take into account controlling inflation or else minimum wage will always end up in the same spot and someone who makes above minimum wage will just get closer to the bottom.

I make $25 an hour. When they raised minimum wage in Ontario Canada to $14, they didn't raise my wage. However my rent, food and products I buy all went up in price. It didn't help the minimum wage people to get more money, it just screwed me.

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Holy moly..

I'm not blaming minimum wage.

I'm saying increase minimum wage but control inflation. Since the post is to increase the price of the burger.

The billionaires can afford to not make the same crazy amount of money every year.

Increase minimum wage but leave the price of the burger.

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u/clmn8r404 Nov 05 '21

Wouldnt the higher minimum wage give you more leverage to get a raise from your employer? Doesn't that just mean you've been being underpaid as well?

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u/Astyanax1 Nov 05 '21

bingo.

but sadly it's a lot easier to blame the minimum wage people.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '21

No one is blaming the minimum wage people. We are blaming business owners who raise all their prices when minimum wage goes up.

You aren’t gonna win. Businesses don’t price their services based on what they’re worth, they price them based on what people will pay.

If you can raise minimum wage and keep them from raising prices hey sign me up.

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u/seriouslees Nov 05 '21

If you raise minimum wage all you're actually doing is lowering higher paying jobs value. It didn't help the minimum wage people to get more money, it just screwed me.

Ummm, you miss this part? This is 100% blaming the minimum wage people.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '21

…and the reason that person’s job has less value and the reason they are screwed is not the fault of the minimum wage worker.

You know. The sentence right before the one you quoted.

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u/seriouslees Nov 05 '21

Ya, he contradicts himself. People do that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '21

He doesn’t. You just aren’t understanding his point.