Minimum Wage

[AlphaFrog]

Do you have a reading-comprehension problem??? I believe we've been through this, but here it is again.

Originally Posted by kstar

Wait staff in OK makes 2.13 an hour.

PLUS TIPS.

Originally Posted by kstar

Both Wal-Marts in Norman pay 5.15 and hour, plus the bare minimum of benefits.

Every Wal-Mart from Alaska to Florida MUST offer their workers the SAME benefits. Wal-Mart benefits are pretty decent for the type of work.

Originally Posted by kstar

How are these people supposed to improve their worth if they aren't even paid enough to live on?

Ok, so let's raise min. wage. They're still going to be making min. wage, and the prices on everything are going to go up. Now you've got those who were making min. wage in the EXACT same postion as they were before, only now, instead of making $5.15/hr and paying $500 in rent and $2 for a loaf of bread, they're now making $6/hr and paying $650 in rent and $3.50 for a loaf of bread, and now those who were barely making it before at $8/hr are struggling too.

Oh, and DA...raising min. wage is going to hurt your daughter more then help her. If she needs assistance, that's what it's there for. It's not there for people to live on for the rest of their lives because they don't want to work, it's there to help out when you find yourself in a postion where ends aren't meeting.

And you're right, there are people making less then min. wage, but chances are, they aren't supporting a family, and raising min. wage isn't going to help them either if they're already working illegally.