Bid to increase minimum wage nixed

[Spurminator]

The cost of comfortable living is more than a $5.15 job can support. I don't know if a higher minimum wage is the answer, but something has to give.... Perhaps the answer is increased overtime pay. While the argument against minimum wage is that positions may be eliminated, if companies are forced to pay (for example) 3x the hourly wage for Overtime, they would have to hire the appropriate number of positions to get the job done in 40 hrs per week. Plus you reward the people who work their asses off 50-60 hours a week.

Maybe I'm way off base with that... As Libertarian as I try to be economically, I definitely feel that the separation of wealth in this country has gotten ridiculous. I'd prefer not to rely on the Government to solve the problem, but it may be the lesser of two evils.

[Trainwreck2100]

Look if they increased the Minimum wage big business would just ship more indians (from India) an use them till the invention of Robots.

[Extra Stout]

Well I will say it for you.

Big You to all Union schmucks. You ruined the auto industry, congrats.

They didn't ruin it by themselves. They helped, though.

[Extra Stout]

Why does it bother some that CEO's take home some big bucks? It makes no
sense. People get hired all the time for big bucks. Hey, llllooooooo. How about
the sports world. And they do nothing but play a sport, and sometimes not that
well. How come I don't hear gripes about that. Wonder how many times more than
the guy running the mop under the bucket in basketball. Get real folks. Life is
not fair. And that is a fact!

Life isn't fair in Third World countries, either. That doesn't mean we should adopt their economic model.