07-15-2013, 04:19 AM
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Originally posted by Hawaii Bound
Why should an employer be responsible for where their employees live? Not to mention now employees would be compensated differently based on the geography of where they live. I am pretty sure that would be illegal.
This situation has already been created by "market forces", people earning minimum-wage (usually) can't afford to live near employment centers.
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Originally posted by Hawaii Bound
Everyone is complaining about the minimum wage. Let's say they raise it to $15. Most small business can't afford that and would be gone not to mention the costs of goods for those that did survive including the big box stores are going to sky rocket and those costs are passed on to us. With the increase in costs now everyone is complaining again that the minimum wage is only $15! It's a never ending circle.
Umm, we already have "costs skyrocket/prices are passed along", which is a huge problem for non-unionized workers whose wages are not keeping up with inflation.
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Originally posted by Hawaii Bound
I just wish all the people complaining about the minimum wage would start their own business and see what the expenses actually are. When you own a small business everyone tends to think you are rich for some unknown reason.
Preaching/choir: I am self-employed, so I know all about "expenses", especially the catch-22 in which I can't take on bigger jobs because the extra work wouldn't pay enough to add employees. After the taxes, licenses and insurance, paying someone minimum-wage would cost about $15-20/hour. The alternative isn't much better; subcontracting someone as a 10-99 means less tax headaches, but at the expense of retaining an lawyer to make sure the subcontractor isn't accidentally an "employee" in the eyes of the IRS.