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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My teenager works full-time in the summers at a private school camp in DC and makes $15/hour. The OP's concerns will go the way of the "Ohmigod, the plastic bag tax will mean that DC residents will never grocery shop again!" and "Ohmigod, the smoking ban will mean that all bars and restaurants in DC will close!"[/quote]

That is just for a few weeks.

What about year round at $15 an hour full time workers?[/quote]
Yup. Good way to drive small businesses out of business or employees out of jobs.

You think the guy who pushes the mail cart around at the office should get $30,000 a year? What will happen is that the mail guy is fired, and employees pick up their own mail in the mail room.

Also, everywhere I've ever worked, the mail delivery guy is mentally challenged. But he's being productive, building his self-esteem, and enjoying the camaraderie of his office mates. Better that he should do that at $9 to $10 an hour than be let go because $30,000 a year, plus health insurance, is just not worth it to an employer. [/quote]

Sadly, they aren’t even paying the mentally challenged mail guy minimum wage . And why do you think that if someone is mentally challenged that they shouldn’t get a decent wage exactly? They should live in poverty, is that right?[/quote]

Because they are not producing the output of a non-mentally challenged person, but the work is valuable for them socially and personally.

They dont' live in poverty -- they receive social security for the disabled.

My brother is in this situation. He gets paid below minimum wage but he also doesn't actually need more than a few hundred $$ a year since all his expenses for living and housing are paid by the government. He really enjoys the work, which is the main thing. With the new minimum wage, he'll likely be stuck sitting at home... or maybe they'll move the work to PG county.[/quote]

That’s true but they don’t have the same output but places like Goodwill literally pay them 14 cents per hour and require them to be there 40 hours a week to stay in the ‘special program’. Be grateful this isn’t your life.[/quote]

Social security for the disabled is nothing - it’s $430/month or so. That pays for everything else you might need - clothes, dental care (not covered by Medicaid) , shoes, entertainment, transportation, trips, food beyond the tiny food stamp allowance(not enough to feed a person).

They are exempt from minimum wage so I’m not sure what you are talking about.
Also, if you receive SSI you can only receive something like $80 (on top of your $450) in work wages, so none of the minimum wage issues apply to them at all. [/quote]

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