The Stagnant Working Class

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the-pi-guy said:

Pemalite said:

Higher Minimum wage means more people in a higher tax bracket and thus potentially more tax revenue anyway.
A higher minimum wage isn't a bad thing... Especially as the low/medium wealth tax brackets tend to be where the majority reside.

So if anything, higher minimum wage should negate the requirement of more taxes if a Government is trying to claw more revenue in.

What I really find baffling when I went to the United States was this "tipping" thing. - Here in Australia we don't do that, our wages are high enough where such a thing isn't needed... And high quality service is generally expected from the get go.

Tipping in the US is horrid.  Workers who are expecting tips can actually be paid a much lower minimum wage than anyone else.  The federal law is less than $3/hour.  They're expected to make up the other minimum wage ($7.25) from tips.  

I think a law would need to be passed to get rid of it, since it's so ingrained in the culture here.  

Abd since it's so ingrained, good luck on getting such a law to pass the instances.