Den føderale mindsteløn er den laveste løn som arbejdsgivere må betale deres ansatte. Siden den 24. juli 2009 har den amerikanske føderale mindsteløn været fastsat til 7,25$ i timen. I 2014 foreslog Obama at hæve den føderale mindsteløn til 10,10$ og binde den til et inflationsindeks. Den føderale mindsteløn gælder alle offentligt ansatte, herunder de som arbejder på militærbaser, i nationalparker og veteraner som arbejder på plejehjem.
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Hvordan har du det med konceptet om en ’levende løn’, hvor mindstelønnen er baseret på omkostningerne ved basale behov i dit område versus en fast landsdækkende sats?
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Tror du, at en forhøjelse af mindstelønnen kan påvirke kvaliteten af service eller produkter, når virksomheder forsøger at skære i omkostningerne andre steder?
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Hvordan kan en højere mindsteløn påvirke dit samfund, især i områder, hvor mange mennesker arbejder med mindstelønsjob?
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Hvad er nogle af de udfordringer, du tror, teenagere kan stå over for med at finde deltidsjob, hvis arbejdsgivere skulle betale en højere mindsteløn?
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Hvis indgangslønningerne var højere, tror du så det ville ændre din beslutning om at gå på college eller vælge en bestemt karrierevej?
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Forestil dig, hvis din foretrukne lille virksomhed skulle betale deres arbejdere mere; tror du, det ville ændre den måde, de opererer på, eller de tjenester, de tilbyder?
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Hvordan tror du, at en forhøjelse af mindstelønnen kan påvirke priserne på ting, du køber regelmæssigt som mad, tøj eller underholdning?
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Kan du dele en personlig oplevelse, hvor at tjene mere ville have forbedret dit eller en andens velbefindende væsentligt, og hvordan det påvirkede dig?
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Har du nogensinde følt, at et job, du eller en, du kender havde, betalte mindre end arbejdet var værd, og hvad ville du betragte som en rimelig løn?
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Hvordan ville dit liv ændre sig, hvis dit første job betalte dig markant mere på grund af en forhøjet mindsteløn?
@gjp1023 år3Y
only if those receiving the new wage understand the consequences of paying for their own insurance and other benefits now paid for by employers...including their half of social security as do all self employed workers.
@2JMLJVV3 år3Y
I support a sliding minimum wage based on location or profession.
@2JMLBV73 år3Y
Maybe...but this is NOT the solution, but this may help for the short term...and I would suggest that the increase targeted to specific industry's and firm of a size exceeding a certain threshold
@2JM4WJJ3 år3Y
Leave it up to the business world. Fair companies will get good workers. Get the government out of our lives.
@2JLGNVC3 år3Y
No. The government should step out of price controls/subsidies and allow the economy to be an economy truly based in capitalism.
@2JL6ZRV3 år3Y
The system is rigged anyway, arguing over these listed points is only keeping the middle class down.
@2JL2RFB3 år3Y
NO, doing that will certainly kill a lot of businesses.
Those jobs are never meant to be homestead supporting jobs. We don't need immigrants coming in to fill these type of jobs either. We do however need to be able to get public transportation to where minimum wage workers can get to those jobs that can not afford cars with high property taxes and high cost insurance. (Ever notice how many of these insurance companies have high dollar television ads? I'm fed up with Geckos and Flo, aren't you?) $4.00 a gallon for gas didn't help either.
@2JKYYLY3 år3Y
yes, and make it dependent on living situation (age, number of dependents, rent costs etc.)
@2JKYWNC3 år3Y
stop the mass importation of foreign workers, this will raise the wages at the bottom
@2JKYS7N3 år3Y
No but corporations with more than 10% of their workforce eligible for government assistance should pay a tax penalty
@2JKXPKH3 år3Y
minimum wage is not meant to be a living wage...it provides entry level opportunities that would not otherwise exist.
@2JKWXTL3 år3Y
We should adjust and raise the minimum wage but we should also address that even starting salaries have not risen with inflation over the last 20 years.
@2JKVP6L3 år3Y
Yes, and maybe there would be a way to offer certificate programs or other higher education to those who are interested, using some of the added income tax to help subsidize them.
@2JKQRV63 år3Y
Society has an obligation to support each person to live a life worthy of living as defined by each such person
@2JKMXPQ3 år3Y
Living wage for people over a certain age. Businesses would not be able to fire people though as they age just for getting older.
Leave the minimum wage alone, but require companies to limit outsourcing, and to produce within the U.S.
@2JKBM7F3 år3Y
Yes. While this is a short term solution to a problem that is much more systemic. Modern economics had reached a stalemate with technology and the need for scarcity has become nothing more than ploy to continue to consolidate power
@2JK9WSH3 år3Y
money should be directed to job training and creating better jobs
@heinrich3 år3Y
Yes, but W Buffet recently made a very good point that adjusting income tax credits could have a more powerful and positive impact
@2JK7PTZ3 år3Y
Let free market handle the payment range but have a set standard to ensure safety
@2JJX8VF3 år3Y
Replace minimum wage and welfare benefits with a Guaranteed Basic Income for all Americans.
@2JJN3673 år3Y
Yes, and place caps on price increases relative to the wage increase
@2JJMBWHRepublikanske3 år3Y
The minimum wage should have a C.O.L.A. built into it and that would solve the problem. The democrats use it constantly as a hammer at election time then never do anything about it anyway.
@2JJJB7B3 år3Y
Yes and eatablish a maximum wage as well.
First get our currency back on the Gold Standard to secure inflation, than set a minimum wage according to the value of gold.
@NNF34W3 år3Y
Minimum wage is not relevant to anything. You are worth what you bring to the workplace. If I choose to have a starting wage of $2.50 per hour and no one applies I will have to raise the wage until I get to a number where I have sufficient applicants to fill the openings. Minimum wage jobs are entry level, they are not now or ever have been intended to support a family on. They are intended for youth as a learning foundation of what is needed regarding job skills, attitude, commitments, work ethic etc. to move to the levels above. Case in point - If I owned a McDonalds franchise I would pay… Læs mere
@NKDHFZ3 år3Y
There should be two minimum wage levels set, one for smaller independent businesses and for multinational businesses. Smaller businesses can pay the present amount (ex. $8.00) or raise a new floor level to ($9.00). On the other hand, multinational businesses and companies would have to pay at least, for example $9.50 or $10.00.
@NJDZZ93 år3Y
The issue is the maximum wage, not the minimum. Companies need to distribute profit not only to shareholders, but to employees in the form of increased wages.
@M34PRX3 år3Y
Before we talk about raising the minimum wage, taxes for the job providers must be lowered significantly (both on the state and federal levels)and all unnecessary regulations should be eliminated. If that is done, more jobs will be created because the more money the job providers have, the more jobs they can create, the better able existing businesses will be to expand, more businesses can be more easily established thus bringing in more jobs and opportunities; producing a more competitive environment which would provided businesses and corporations to offer better services, and a greater… Læs mere
@LHRHCK3 år3Y
Yes, because we have people starving on the streets because they don't get paid enough.
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