Minimum wage debate

[SunsetBengal]

(03-04-2019, 07:07 PM)bfine32 Wrote: It's a double edged sword. We want workers to get more money, employers want to make more profit. I feel we will price ourselves out of jobs.

For instance I go to Walmart now I become a cashier when it's time for me to leave. I feel fast food will go the way of Japan. They have a machine outside, you pay, get a ticket, take it to the cook, and take a seat.

I have a worker who insists on mailing everything (bills, ect...) he refuses to do online because the "mailman needs a job too". He does all his banking at the bank because of the same principle. How many of us are willing to do that.

IMO we need to stop looking to pay the fry cook $15/hr and develop a job for him/her worth $15/hr. A machine is not going to fix my plumbing.

That is a good point, and one that has been brought up several times in the past few years.  There IS a serious need for skilled tradesmen in the US, and those jobs DO pay.  Even the "learning" wage is better than most dead-end type of jobs, though the work usually doesn't allow for much smart phone leisure time..