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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Should the minimum wage for an area be a living wage for that area?

Does it matter if it's a 16 year old living at home who's applying to sweep floors at Jiffy Lube, or a 25 year old living on his own applying for that same job?

If you think the minimum wage should be a living wage, should it be a living wage for one person, a person supporting a family with another person making a similar wage, a person supporting a family on his own?

Should the wage depend on the circumstances of the job (e.g. training required) or the circumstances of the person (e.g. 16 yr old vs single mother of 2)?[/quote]

Of course, absolutely, without question. If you work, you should be able to support yourself. That's the basic social contract.

And yes, if businesses cannot afford to pay folks enough to live on, then boohoo for them. (Hint to the PP that said "that's not how business works" ... if you pay people more money, then they can afford to buy more goods and services. Henry Ford had that one right.)

And equal work for equal pay--that's just such a basic tenet of fairness. If you allow differences in pay based on who we *think* needs the money, well hell, you might as well just give up and go back to the days when women were paid half of what men got based on the assumption that men were supporting a family.[/quote]

I didn't start a company so that others could afford more goods and services. This is a business, not social services.

If you want to spend years building a business- then feel free to. Take all of your hard work, sacrifice, and passion and channel into making sure that others can buy more goods. You do that with your business.

As for my business- if I need someone to answer the phone, respond to emails, stuff envelopes....whatever. I am not paying 40k a year. Keep on pushing and you will push me to outsource even more than I already do. And when I say outsource, I mean to Asia, not to another company. Less hassle, little red tape, harder workers.

So I still win, and you have pushed someone else out of a job.

If you don't like it, then start your own company.

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