Is raising minimum wage nationwide a horrible idea?

[Ail]

chuckyj1 said:

Ail said:

chuckyj1 said:
I don't think you should be getting $15.00 an/hr for saying do you want fries with that.. People complain you can't raise a family working at McDonalds/Fast food well.... Your not suppose to be able to. They are extremely low skill wage jobs that are mainly used to keep teens employed.

I think it's a really bad idea that will end up killing businesses and jobs.

You just argued that those were stupid no skill jobs only there to keep teens employed and now you complain they will diseappear ?

Make up your mind...

It will cut deep into profits of companies and will cut jobs in the process.  It may eliminate small start up companies that can't afford to pay every employee AT MINIMUM $15.  Now that minimum wage is 15 that will bump up manager wages so on and so forth.  There is a bigger impact than just paying low Skill wage teenagers $15.  Do you think it takes a lot of skill to push buttons on a cash register?  No way in hell a job like that should start at $15 an hr. Much like making a cup of pre-made coffee?  You seriously think those jobs should start out at $15?  For the amount of skill that needs to be put into it?  You don't see the bigger picture..

I do not see the point of paying people a wage that you know will not be able for them to survive.( in the end the government has to come up with the missing money in the form of foodstamps, tax cut and so on, so basically those jobs are government sponsored jobs...)

As for the profits of companies , they have never been as high as they are now, Wall Mart could pay every of its minimum wage employees 15$/hour and not see a bleep in its financial results...