Help me understand the impact of a $15 minimum wage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s 15 dollars because the median hourly wage in the US is around 19 bucks today. Half of all hourly workers make less than that. But 42% make less than 15. At least I think these facts are relevant. I’m sure someone somewhere has written at length about why 15 is about right.

So Romney and Cotton are coming out with legislation to increase the minimum. Wonder what number they’re looking at. They are coupling it with immigration reform—yay! Hopefully no big poison pills, but I’m not naive. It’s a start. We can all agree that wages need to be higher and exploiting illegal workers is bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s 15 dollars because the median hourly wage in the US is around 19 bucks today. Half of all hourly workers make less than that. But 42% make less than 15. At least I think these facts are relevant. I’m sure someone somewhere has written at length about why 15 is about right.

So Romney and Cotton are coming out with legislation to increase the minimum. Wonder what number they’re looking at. They are coupling it with immigration reform—yay! Hopefully no big poison pills, but I’m not naive. It’s a start. We can all agree that wages need to be higher and exploiting illegal workers is bad.

+1. I'm very interested. Why didn't they do this when Trump was President and the GOP controlled the Senate? It seems really odd. But let's see what's in the bill.

[Anonymous]

$15 minimum wage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s 15 dollars because the median hourly wage in the US is around 19 bucks today. Half of all hourly workers make less than that. But 42% make less than 15. At least I think these facts are relevant. I’m sure someone somewhere has written at length about why 15 is about right.

So Romney and Cotton are coming out with legislation to increase the minimum. Wonder what number they’re looking at. They are coupling it with immigration reform—yay! Hopefully no big poison pills, but I’m not naive. It’s a start. We can all agree that wages need to be higher and exploiting illegal workers is bad.

Immigration reform is going to be a no-go for Democrats.

[Anonymous]

Thread....

Sounds pretty reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s 15 dollars because the median hourly wage in the US is around 19 bucks today. Half of all hourly workers make less than that. But 42% make less than 15. At least I think these facts are relevant. I’m sure someone somewhere has written at length about why 15 is about right.

So Romney and Cotton are coming out with legislation to increase the minimum. Wonder what number they’re looking at. They are coupling it with immigration reform—yay! Hopefully no big poison pills, but I’m not naive. It’s a start. We can all agree that wages need to be higher and exploiting illegal workers is bad.

Immigration reform is going to be a no-go for Democrats.

No it’s not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s 15 dollars because the median hourly wage in the US is around 19 bucks today. Half of all hourly workers make less than that. But 42% make less than 15. At least I think these facts are relevant. I’m sure someone somewhere has written at length about why 15 is about right.

So Romney and Cotton are coming out with legislation to increase the minimum. Wonder what number they’re looking at. They are coupling it with immigration reform—yay! Hopefully no big poison pills, but I’m not naive. It’s a start. We can all agree that wages need to be higher and exploiting illegal workers is bad.

Immigration reform is going to be a no-go for Democrats.

No it’s not.

Says the party that stopped the border wall funding, called efforts to secure our borders racist and xenophobic, and ended efforts with Central American countries to stop the flow of economic migrants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s 15 dollars because the median hourly wage in the US is around 19 bucks today. Half of all hourly workers make less than that. But 42% make less than 15. At least I think these facts are relevant. I’m sure someone somewhere has written at length about why 15 is about right.

So Romney and Cotton are coming out with legislation to increase the minimum. Wonder what number they’re looking at. They are coupling it with immigration reform—yay! Hopefully no big poison pills, but I’m not naive. It’s a start. We can all agree that wages need to be higher and exploiting illegal workers is bad.

Immigration reform is going to be a no-go for Democrats.

No it’s not.

Says the party that stopped the border wall funding, called efforts to secure our borders racist and xenophobic, and ended efforts with Central American countries to stop the flow of economic migrants.

You don’t know what immigration reform means.

[Anonymous]

Incentivizes under the table payments, and illegal immigration.

Deincentivizes skilled trades, an apprentice electrician shouldn't be paid the same as a fast food worker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Incentivizes under the table payments, and illegal immigration.

Deincentivizes skilled trades, an apprentice electrician shouldn't be paid the same as a fast food worker.

Why not? Both are unskilled labor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Incentivizes under the table payments, and illegal immigration.

Deincentivizes skilled trades, an apprentice electrician shouldn't be paid the same as a fast food worker.

Why not? Both are unskilled labor.

+1

One could argue that since the apprentice requires direct supervision, they should be paid less. Other professions don’t pay their interns at all.

[Anonymous]

As to incentivizing breaking the law, I’d be happy to see stiffer penalties for employers who get caught.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As to incentivizing breaking the law, I’d be happy to see stiffer penalties for employers who get caught.

That's part of Tom Cotton's plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As to incentivizing breaking the law, I’d be happy to see stiffer penalties for employers who get caught.

That's part of Tom Cotton's plan.

Sounds good. Should be alot of bipartisan support. Glad to see some in the GOP searching for reasonable solutions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Incentivizes under the table payments, and illegal immigration.

Deincentivizes skilled trades, an apprentice electrician shouldn't be paid the same as a fast food worker.

Why not? Both are unskilled labor.

+1

One could argue that since the apprentice requires direct supervision, they should be paid less. Other professions don’t pay their interns at all.

Shows you know nothing about the trades. An apprentice is not an intern.
Also maybe it’s not so cool that some interns are paid nothing, because the system favors only relatively well-off young people being able to do internships.
I never could have afforded to work for free. Unpaid interns are getting subsidized by their parents.