Comments on: Florida Minimum Wage Workers Get A Pay Raise Today http://www.northescambia.com/2018/01/florida-minimum-wage-workers-get-a-pay-raise-today Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: My2Cemts http://www.northescambia.com/2018/01/florida-minimum-wage-workers-get-a-pay-raise-today/comment-page-1#comment-356192 My2Cemts Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:44:08 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=309096#comment-356192 I think that if minimum wage was increased to $10 per hour it would encourage businesses to address customer service issues. I also feel it's a shame that you can't live on minimum wage. I'm talking about basics like rent and utilities. It's hard out there for a lot of people. I think that if minimum wage was increased to $10 per hour it would encourage businesses to address customer service issues. I also feel it’s a shame that you can’t live on minimum wage. I’m talking about basics like rent and utilities. It’s hard out there for a lot of people.

]]> By: Unfair to some http://www.northescambia.com/2018/01/florida-minimum-wage-workers-get-a-pay-raise-today/comment-page-1#comment-356189 Unfair to some Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:35:01 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=309096#comment-356189 My 16 year old daughter just got her 6 month pay raise from $8.10 to $8.30 per hour. So new employees at her job will start out making .05 cents less than she currently earns and in 6 months will earn .15 cents more then her even though she has worked more than twice as long as the new employee. In regards to college tuition, there are numerous alternatives to student loans (grants, scholarships, work study programs, military gi bill, tuition installment plans, working through college at an affordable state or community college). Student loans are the "easy path" which has become the norm for a large majority of today's youth. My 16 year old daughter just got her 6 month pay raise from $8.10 to $8.30 per hour. So new employees at her job will start out making .05 cents less than she currently earns and in 6 months will earn .15 cents more then her even though she has worked more than twice as long as the new employee.

In regards to college tuition, there are numerous alternatives to student loans (grants, scholarships, work study programs, military gi bill, tuition installment plans, working through college at an affordable state or community college). Student loans are the “easy path” which has become the norm for a large majority of today’s youth.

]]> By: Tabby http://www.northescambia.com/2018/01/florida-minimum-wage-workers-get-a-pay-raise-today/comment-page-1#comment-356166 Tabby Tue, 02 Jan 2018 10:51:48 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=309096#comment-356166 @Madison I'd be the first to help you better yourself and reward you when you do. Yet we all make choices in life that affect our life financially. For example, I know young single mothers who have no family support go through just two years of school working for $9 full time with a crappy vehicle breaking down, trying to utilize as many programs as they could, and grinding it out. They both make more than the county median for men. Of course one had kids with a military man, another with a good earner so they didn't get bum child support checks. That helps. @Madison
I’d be the first to help you better yourself and reward you when you do. Yet we all make choices in life that affect our life financially. For example, I know young single mothers who have no family support go through just two years of school working for $9 full time with a crappy vehicle breaking down, trying to utilize as many programs as they could, and grinding it out. They both make more than the county median for men. Of course one had kids with a military man, another with a good earner so they didn’t get bum child support checks. That helps.

]]> By: Tarrence Wright Sr http://www.northescambia.com/2018/01/florida-minimum-wage-workers-get-a-pay-raise-today/comment-page-1#comment-356159 Tarrence Wright Sr Tue, 02 Jan 2018 03:40:10 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=309096#comment-356159 Hey everybody isn’t as fortunate. That can pay my water bill Hey everybody isn’t as fortunate. That can pay my water bill

]]> By: BPD http://www.northescambia.com/2018/01/florida-minimum-wage-workers-get-a-pay-raise-today/comment-page-1#comment-356157 BPD Tue, 02 Jan 2018 01:28:06 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=309096#comment-356157 Sad thing is, there is a lot out there that are not worth $8.25/hour, but think they are worth $15. Sad thing is, there is a lot out there that are not worth $8.25/hour, but think they are worth $15.

]]> By: Madison http://www.northescambia.com/2018/01/florida-minimum-wage-workers-get-a-pay-raise-today/comment-page-1#comment-356150 Madison Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:51:29 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=309096#comment-356150 Not everyone can make 10-15 dollars an hour, I'm a single mom with two children that has been down one heck of a long road. That 6 more dollars a week is 24 dollars a month that can buy my children diapers. I don't know why the minimum wage bothers you but every thing else is getting more expensive so if the government decides to pay us "non-career" having civilians more money, then I am more than grateful! Not everyone can make 10-15 dollars an hour, I’m a single mom with two children that has been down one heck of a long road. That 6 more dollars a week is 24 dollars a month that can buy my children diapers. I don’t know why the minimum wage bothers you but every thing else is getting more expensive so if the government decides to pay us “non-career” having civilians more money, then I am more than grateful!

]]> By: Grand Locust http://www.northescambia.com/2018/01/florida-minimum-wage-workers-get-a-pay-raise-today/comment-page-1#comment-356148 Grand Locust Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:01:39 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=309096#comment-356148 I worked my way through college on minimum wage jobs. Today adjusted for inflation I would have made 14 dollars an hour. Tuition has risen faster than inflation so kids who want to go to school have one choice.....take out a student loan. Today student loans exceed all credit card debt. The minimum wage has to get back to what it once was, tuition needs to be lowered, and student loans should be limited. Our children without the ability to work their way through school have become indentured servants as they work a lifetime to pay off student loans. I worked my way through college on minimum wage jobs. Today adjusted for inflation I would have made 14 dollars an hour. Tuition has risen faster than inflation so kids who want to go to school have one choice…..take out a student loan. Today student loans exceed all credit card debt. The minimum wage has to get back to what it once was, tuition needs to be lowered, and student loans should be limited. Our children without the ability to work their way through school have become indentured servants as they work a lifetime to pay off student loans.

]]> By: Jcellops http://www.northescambia.com/2018/01/florida-minimum-wage-workers-get-a-pay-raise-today/comment-page-1#comment-356145 Jcellops Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:18:48 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=309096#comment-356145 Minimum wage in Georgia is $7.25... guess that there is always someone worse off. Minimum wage in Georgia is $7.25… guess that there is always someone worse off.

]]> By: retired http://www.northescambia.com/2018/01/florida-minimum-wage-workers-get-a-pay-raise-today/comment-page-1#comment-356140 retired Mon, 01 Jan 2018 15:36:12 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=309096#comment-356140 need to put the resturant industry on minimum wage and get ride of tips need to put the resturant industry on minimum wage and get ride of tips

]]> By: Tabby http://www.northescambia.com/2018/01/florida-minimum-wage-workers-get-a-pay-raise-today/comment-page-1#comment-356139 Tabby Mon, 01 Jan 2018 14:50:46 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=309096#comment-356139 Wow, a whole $6 more per week. That's just sad but for those who it really bothers, a minimum wage job isn't meant as a career. It's temporary or a stepping stone. If it bothers folks so much, spend as much effort doing something better with your life as complaining and you'll be ok. Wow, a whole $6 more per week. That’s just sad but for those who it really bothers, a minimum wage job isn’t meant as a career. It’s temporary or a stepping stone. If it bothers folks so much, spend as much effort doing something better with your life as complaining and you’ll be ok.

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