You don't just hire for the sake of hiring though. People aren't entitled to a job if the position isn't there to be filled.

We need to find ways to create new business. Find ways to bring manufacturing jobs back.

How? I have no clue. I am the wrong person to give an answer on that.

I agree, which is why Bush tax cuts didn't work, because it didn't create new jobs. People lied to US about how Tax Cuts can supposedly bring the economy back.

The problem is this, there's Absolutely no way to bring Manufacturing jobs back unless we bring back the same standards as of China.

I think we should stop Tax Loopholes. China's Labour issues are similar to how AMERICA's was back in the Industrial Age. the majority of Corporations really only care about earning profit.

So what's the answer there? The rich, who built these businesses and made all this money have to start handing it out? Force them to overhire? Maybe raise their tax rates for their businesses? Then they will just hightail it out of the US and go somewhere with lower taxes.

I don't see why all the hate for the rich. We need to give them reason to invest in more business in the US, so we can create more jobs. 

Maybe i'm wrong here, but if we had more jobs and less people to fill those roles then maybe companies would start offering more money so they could attract these workers. 

I just think that constantly just applying a bandaid like a wage hike won't provide a long lasting solution. Costs will eventually rise and we will be back to square one. There has to be an answer here. We just have the wrong people working to figure it out.

1. They can start by bringing jobs back to the U.S., Personally I don't know but I'll say this, in the 1950's a Factory job can pay for your entire family and live a Middle Class Life.

2. We already do, the problem is that the RICH also store a ton of money. It is said that the Rich store Billions to Trillions in the Banks. The majority of the Rich don't spend enough money. They also lied to us and said they would create more Jobs when Bush tax cuts were Enacted, if you look at the Numbers TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS does not work.

3. honestly IDK, what I do know is that many Laws in the U.S. are catered toward the Rich, not the poor. If you look at the Alchohol industry you'll see how unfair it is to the small buisnesses.

4. I agree, but it can also help boost the economy. I personally don't know how to solve it Long Term but I do know that the Rich control much of the U.S. including the politicians they can easily Lobby politicians, Companies spend a lot of money on Lobbyists to scale Law's in their Favour but the problem is that it's for them, not the benefit for everybody else.

So working 2 jobs 60 hours a week is now the definition of lazy. Hell i must be comatose because i only have one job and work 40 hours a week. Just lucky it pays over $120k i guess.

So what if people ask for a pay increase? what does it matter to you? Please explain it to me how its going to adversly affect anyone of you?

Yeah, it seemed things were nice back in the 50s. Much more simple.

Don't even get me started about the alcohol industry. Here on Long Island we had out own brewery called Bluepoint, now they are being swallowed up by Anheuser-Busch...

The way that American society is set up as it is will always have a pool of unemployed people who, from generally what I've seen, don't have a job due to being lazy. Whether it's from drug use, lack of motivation, drinking etc, most of these problems are things that can be fixed by that person. With that said, I do think that fast food/restaurant workers deserve a higher base pay but definitely not $15 an hour.

Let's be realistic - Most of us here have done this kind of work before and while it may be fast paced and stressful, it's definitely not difficult. There's almost no risk of injury, you're basically working in a clean environment and there's very minor physical labor involved.

Im employed by a non union contractor doing all sorts of various trade work where we're ALWAYS on our feet doing remodel/renovation. I only make $15 hour and I'll be damned if someone else starts receiving that kind of pay flipping a fucking hamburger or taking out a trash bag.

Excellent post, I could be wrong about how the minimum wage bandaids the Economy. Anyways you're definately right about one thing. The Minimum Wage did not scale properly at all.

Marginal propensity to consume is what makes the magic happen there. The poor, being given more money, will spend it. It's a small price to pay in the short run to make us all better off.