Comments on: Push Underway To Raise Florida’s Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour http://www.northescambia.com/2019/01/push-underway-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:53:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pro education http://www.northescambia.com/2019/01/push-underway-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/comment-page-1#comment-381679 Pro education Mon, 28 Jan 2019 03:40:34 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=350969#comment-381679 There are so many opportunities for post high education. Government grants, military benefits and school grants are readily available if you are willing to work hard for them and earn them. College educations aren't for most people and will not guarantee a well paying job. We need skilled employees instead and you will make a livable salary. I am so tired of people complaining about that that can't take care of their families on the monies that they make working at fast food restaurants. If you have been forced to work at a similar job to survive then you have probably made some bad life choices. No one forced you to have unprotected sex, use drugs or to collect a felony charge! No sympathy here because I have been at the bottom and still managed to rise above the minimum wage jobs! There are so many opportunities for post high education. Government grants, military benefits and school grants are readily available if you are willing to work hard for them and earn them. College educations aren’t for most people and will not guarantee a well paying job. We need skilled employees instead and you will make a livable salary. I am so tired of people complaining about that that can’t take care of their families on the monies that they make working at fast food restaurants. If you have been forced to work at a similar job to survive then you have probably made some bad life choices. No one forced you to have unprotected sex, use drugs or to collect a felony charge! No sympathy here because I have been at the bottom and still managed to rise above the minimum wage jobs!

]]> By: Jr http://www.northescambia.com/2019/01/push-underway-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/comment-page-1#comment-381556 Jr Fri, 25 Jan 2019 21:32:34 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=350969#comment-381556 Washington State or Oregon did this. Lots of layoffs. Washington State or Oregon did this. Lots of layoffs.

]]> By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2019/01/push-underway-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/comment-page-1#comment-381548 David Huie Green Fri, 25 Jan 2019 19:16:52 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=350969#comment-381548 How much is a dollar worth? Is it worth a seventh of an hour's unskilled labor? Is it worth a fifteenth of an hour's unskilled labor? Is it worth a thousandth of an hour's unskilled labor? How much is "a living wage?" Is it enough for one person working forty hours per week to remain alive. Is it enough for one person working ten hours per week to keep a family of ten in comfort? Is it somewhere in between? Does any of it change and if so, how? David for a good safety net How much is a dollar worth? Is it worth a seventh of an hour’s unskilled labor? Is it worth a fifteenth of an hour’s unskilled labor? Is it worth a thousandth of an hour’s unskilled labor?

How much is “a living wage?” Is it enough for one person working forty hours per week to remain alive. Is it enough
for one person working ten hours per week to keep a family of ten in comfort? Is it somewhere in between?

Does any of it change and if so, how?

David for a good safety net

]]> By: ProudArmyParent http://www.northescambia.com/2019/01/push-underway-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/comment-page-1#comment-381487 ProudArmyParent Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:50:03 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=350969#comment-381487 Here is my thought on the matter, "Working at McDonald's, Hardees, any fast food restaurant was never meant to support a family"! These are starter jobs for High School students. They were meant to put a little extra money in a teenagers pocket while teaching the value of a dollar and a good work ethic. Now these jobs have become a way of life for those that don't want to strive for anything better. Come on people lets get real about this, no one wants to pay $10.00 for a burger! Here is my thought on the matter, “Working at McDonald’s, Hardees, any fast food restaurant was never meant to support a family”! These are starter jobs for High School students. They were meant to put a little extra money in a teenagers pocket while teaching the value of a dollar and a good work ethic. Now these jobs have become a way of life for those that don’t want to strive for anything better.

Come on people lets get real about this, no one wants to pay $10.00 for a burger!

]]> By: BB http://www.northescambia.com/2019/01/push-underway-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/comment-page-1#comment-381467 BB Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:14:40 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=350969#comment-381467 Get ready for local inflation! Business' will shut down! Get ready for local inflation! Business’ will shut down!

]]> By: BB http://www.northescambia.com/2019/01/push-underway-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/comment-page-1#comment-381465 BB Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:13:25 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=350969#comment-381465 I work for the county and get paid around $13 and hour. I have a bachelor's degree and two associate degrees. So, the entry level person working at the McDonald's is going to get paid $15 an hour vs someone who's been in the workforce for years and has education behind them? I work for the county and get paid around $13 and hour. I have a bachelor’s degree and two associate degrees. So, the entry level person working at the McDonald’s is going to get paid $15 an hour vs someone who’s been in the workforce for years and has education behind them?

]]> By: Niknak50 http://www.northescambia.com/2019/01/push-underway-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/comment-page-1#comment-381458 Niknak50 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:40:55 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=350969#comment-381458 This is not an amendment issue, but a legislative one. It has no business being proposed as an amendment. Have we reached a point where to change things we just propose a constitutional amendments? If so, what purpose does the legislative bodies serve any longer. This is not an amendment issue, but a legislative one. It has no business being proposed as an amendment. Have we reached a point where to change things we just propose a constitutional amendments? If so, what purpose does the legislative bodies serve any longer.

]]> By: Stumpknocker http://www.northescambia.com/2019/01/push-underway-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/comment-page-1#comment-381436 Stumpknocker Thu, 24 Jan 2019 08:00:51 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=350969#comment-381436 I have many friends who either own or manage fast food restaurants, and here’s what they say and what I’ve actually got to hear for myself. Employees that work part time refuse full time because it will affect their benefits they receive. More hours equals more money and a chance for overtime but they refuse it all. So if wages go up exspect to see hours work decline due to them refusing to work and wanting to maintain their benefits. I think that if an employee who receives benefits we all pay is offered full time or over time they should be reported to agencies that are providing these benefits. There is so much scamming going on it is literally bankrupting America. When driving through Century apartment complex’s take a look at all the Alabama tags , ever wonder why. Because they receive benefits in Florida and say they don’t own a car which would be considered an asset and reduce benefits. Florida dose not check in Alabama. I was at an apartment they other day where the tenant was living there free of rent and receives $150 utilities check, but drives a brand new car and owns several pair of high end shoes plus gambles often in Atmore.So until politicians and law makers fix things like this I don’t want to hear sad stories about what they think their entitled too, except get out and work hard as you can and sacrifice like everyone else. I have many friends who either own or manage fast food restaurants, and here’s what they say and what I’ve actually got to hear for myself. Employees that work part time refuse full time because it will affect their benefits they receive. More hours equals more money and a chance for overtime but they refuse it all. So if wages go up exspect to see hours work decline due to them refusing to work and wanting to maintain their benefits. I think that if an employee who receives benefits we all pay is offered full time or over time they should be reported to agencies that are providing these benefits. There is so much scamming going on it is literally bankrupting America. When driving through Century apartment complex’s take a look at all the Alabama tags , ever wonder why. Because they receive benefits in Florida and say they don’t own a car which would be considered an asset and reduce benefits. Florida dose not check in Alabama. I was at an apartment they other day where the tenant was living there free of rent and receives $150 utilities check, but drives a brand new car and owns several pair of high end shoes plus gambles often in Atmore.So until politicians and law makers fix things like this I don’t want to hear sad stories about what they think their entitled too, except get out and work hard as you can and sacrifice like everyone else.

]]> By: Buddy http://www.northescambia.com/2019/01/push-underway-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/comment-page-1#comment-381430 Buddy Thu, 24 Jan 2019 01:31:09 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=350969#comment-381430 If I had a business I would shut it down and I will vote against it in November If I had a business I would shut it down and I will vote against it in November

]]> By: Duke of Wawbeek http://www.northescambia.com/2019/01/push-underway-to-raise-floridas-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/comment-page-1#comment-381427 Duke of Wawbeek Wed, 23 Jan 2019 23:51:16 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=350969#comment-381427 Wage scale, it ascends from the bottom. If you market widely abundant capabilities and accreditations, you can expect less. If you market rare skills and possess the accreditations pertaining to those skills, you can expect more. Morgan and Morgan? Wage scale, it ascends from the bottom. If you market widely abundant capabilities and accreditations, you can expect less. If you market rare skills and possess the accreditations pertaining to those skills, you can expect more.

Morgan and Morgan?

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