Raise the Minimum Wage? Fuck That!!!
Raising the minimum wage is being done with only one goal in mind: buying votes. The increase isn't going to help much because it's so small. True, the people it will affect won't be feeling the pinch from taxes due to their bracket (anyone paid less than $10.00/hr pays little to no taxes anyway). It's more aimed at those of us who do make money, and I for one don't see why I have to flip the bill for everyone else. I've worked my butt off just to get where I am (I spent four years on the front lines in the Middle East and then went back to school nights while working a 40-hr a week job during the day and raising our two children), and honestly I don't feel compelled to just hand my hard-earned money to those too lazy to do the same.
True, the idea behind raising minimum wage is to get the employers to put more into the system, but we all know that it doesn't work that way. Instead, they're just going to crank up the prices of their products to offset the difference. So sure, Mary has an extra $20 a week for food or whatever, but now everything she buys has increased in price, along with most of the utilities, effectively eating the profit and more.
Instead of raising the minimum wage, what they need to do is persuade those it would affect to instead increase their skills base, either through further education or similar training. I'd rather send half of my paycheck to a school than give it to someone who couldn't be bothered staying in school in the first place. Hell, why not set fire to it instead? How does the saying go... "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime". As far as I'm concerned, except a very very small section of the population (there's always exceptions, like those coming back from the Middle East with horrible injuries), if you aren't willing to work hard to keep your skills and education current and viable, then you don't deserve my money. Sorry.
True, the idea behind raising minimum wage is to get the employers to put more into the system, but we all know that it doesn't work that way. Instead, they're just going to crank up the prices of their products to offset the difference. So sure, Mary has an extra $20 a week for food or whatever, but now everything she buys has increased in price, along with most of the utilities, effectively eating the profit and more.
Instead of raising the minimum wage, what they need to do is persuade those it would affect to instead increase their skills base, either through further education or similar training. I'd rather send half of my paycheck to a school than give it to someone who couldn't be bothered staying in school in the first place. Hell, why not set fire to it instead? How does the saying go... "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime". As far as I'm concerned, except a very very small section of the population (there's always exceptions, like those coming back from the Middle East with horrible injuries), if you aren't willing to work hard to keep your skills and education current and viable, then you don't deserve my money. Sorry.