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Originally Posted by SAMIAM
The minimum wage was never intended to sustain a family...it is an entry level pay scale that allows business' to hire young or unskilled people while they learn some job skills.
I can give you an example of a young man that started with us at minimum wage who is now a manager with a family,two cars,is pre-approved and looking for his first home.
Work hard,learn new skills,show some initiative and you won't be getting minimum wage for long but to nearly double the rate would be hurtful to small business owners everywhere.
We would have to raise prices or increase the work load........unlike the government,we have to balance our books and show a profit.
Wish we could print new money when we need it,as they do,but....oops,sorry,can't get political.
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I agree, however there are many companies that don't want, or don't care for their employees to succeed. They simply want cheap help. Many people do not have or were not privy to a good education so they are stuck in place. And then there are the people who think they are simply entitled to better pay without actually having to work for that pay or build better skills for it.