Comments on: Minimum Wage Workers Getting A Raise

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:08:59 +0000

REGARDING:
“All the rich people in the white house can’t decide weather or not to keep us in livable conditions or just let us all just go down to poverty level. ”

The White House is occupied by the president and those who work for him. He will be out of office in four years and among the rest of us. The decisions you are talking about are made elsewhere by the House of Representatives and the Senate. As such, if your future depends on them, you have pinned your hopes on the wrong body.

David for less dependence on the undependable

By: Marie

Marie — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:45:15 +0000

Say goodbye to the 12 cents and then some when we fall off the fiscal cliff. All the rich people in the white house can’t decide weather or not to keep us in livable conditions or just let us all just go down to poverty level. Why should they care they will not have to deal with the problems.

By: Dixie Chick

Dixie Chick — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:28:15 +0000

Dang! They will be making more than teacher aides who have to be highly qualified with a 2 yr degree! Might as well flip hamburgers!

By: Chris C

Chris C — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:40:12 +0000

A bit more than $.12 for members of the U.S. Congress as Obama Orders Pay Raise For Congress, Federal Workers, Joe Biden

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/28/obama-pay-raise-congress_n_2377714.html

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:10:34 +0000

The water, sewer, and electricity have gone up much more than that so I am assuming they are not counting utilities in the equation. So how are they calculating this? Just curious.

By: That's Fantastic

That's Fantastic — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:49:47 +0000

So minimum wage workers, who are mostly part time, get a 12c per hour raise.

Then part time hours get cut down to 26 per week so the bosses who hire part time minimum wage employees can get around the healthcare mandate.

Yeah, that sure helps.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:58:28 +0000

Since high minimum wage is a wonderful thing, I believe we should raise minimum wage to a hundred dollars per hour and just watch the joy and peace flow out of the vast wealth it would generate.

David waiting expectantly

By: Trish

Trish — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:29:40 +0000

It is a no win situation for anyone other than being able to say you got a 12 cents an hour raise. I have not had a raise of any kind in over 5 years so anything would be nice to me. I am happy for them, at least it may help some.

By: me

me — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:37:51 +0000

Pay raises are great, but everytime a pay raise happens, insurance, groceries,rent, utilities, gas etc etc etc goes up so basically the wage earner loses money everytime . Just saying

By: bmr

bmr — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:15:07 +0000

Would like to see the brainless behind this one try to live off of minimum wage in this economy, and as far as keeping up with inflation, now that is really a kick in the face, they need to try and live off of that and then see how it works for them, guess what they won’t .