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Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

The federal minimum wage is the lowest wage at which employers may pay their employees. Since July 24, 2009 the U.S. federal minimum wage has been set at $7.25 per hour. In 2014 President Obama proposed raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 and tying it to an inflation index. The federal minimum wage applies to all federal employees including those who work on military bases, national parks and veterans working in nursing homes.

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Response rates from 70k Marion voters.

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Yes
42%
No
48%
Yes
32%
No
5%
Yes, and adjust it every year according to inflation
5%
No, most minimum wage jobs are meant to develop experience, not support a family
3%
Yes, and make it a living wage
4%
No, this will only cause prices to increase in a never ending cycle
1%
No, and eliminate all wage standards

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 @8L3QY7Z from Maine  answered…4yrs4Y

Minimum wage should be determined by someones work ethic.

 @8JQ6Q27from Maine  answered…4yrs4Y

No This is not the solution. If you raise minimum waige evverything will just get more expensive en we'll be back from the start

 @4RM4GSFfrom Utah  answered…4yrs4Y

This will hurt those people in poverty!!!

 @932WMJJ from Kentucky  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but I think businesses should increase the minimum wage and make it a living wage; NOT the government. Minimum wage jobs are meant to develop experience and to support a family. But we must do whatever it takes to prevent inflation and skyrocketing prices.

 @4S49522from Virginia  answered…4yrs4Y

For fast food workers, absolutely not! But depending on what job, then yes!!! Our Military should have the highest paying jobs and they definitely DO NOT!!!

 @947RJLN from Kentucky  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but I think businesses should increase the minimum wage and make it a living wage, NOT the government. Minimum wage jobs are meant to develop experience and to support a family. But we must do whatever it takes to prevent inflation and skyrocketing prices.

 @595NMQCfrom California  answered…4yrs4Y

No because people who went to college worked their butts off just to get $15 and people who didn't go to school are just being handed money for not finishing school or having low skills

 @4RGF8YYfrom Michigan  answered…4yrs4Y

If you increase minimum wage, raise the already employed the same percentage as you do minimum wage. There is no reason an entry level employee should make the same as a senior employee!

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2mos2MO

CEOs Love Talking About Their Fast-Food Jobs

A stint in fast food is a badge of honor for business leaders who want to be viewed as humble and relatable—and proof that they worked to get where they areBut what does flipping burgers or rolling burritos have to do with running a company?A lot, say high-level managers who’ve done those jobs. Sweating in cramped kitchens and taking orders from hangry diners teach you how to handle pressure and deal with all kinds of people, executives say. Some are eager to find employees who hustled like they did, figuring someone who boxed McNuggets for minimum wage early on isn’t likely to be a quiet quitter.“Any job where you’re on the lowest tier is a really good job to have done in your life because it shows your character,” says Heather McLean, who worked at McDonald’s in high school and is CEO of McLean Forrester, a technology consulting firm in Illinois. “I always took the attitude to bloom where you’re planted so, yeah, I was just taking orders at McDonald’s—but I was really good at it.”Being a model employee is easier when you’ve got bigger and better career prospects ahead. Executives who worked in fast food say they learned empathy and gratitude by toiling alongside colleagues who didn’t have other opportunities and were trying to make a living at or near minimum wage.Fast-food kitchens were long among the few places where future CEOs and low-wage lifers mingled and learned from one another. And because just about everyone orders a burger or pizza now and then, the customer base is a cross section of the American public.

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  @Washington-Post submitted…2mos2MO

Trump serves fries and falsehoods at McDonald’s

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  @The-Young-Turks submitted…1mo1MO

You Won't BELIEVE What Red States Voted For

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