Are you for or against a higher federal minimum wage?

So you support China owning the USA then
Quoting LaughCryLive: This is why I don't support small businesses. I'd love to, but when it costs 3X as much to get a product from my locally owned grocery store (where I know they buy their product from Walmart) then I'm not going to shop there.
Quoting pamelax3:What do you mean protection for the staus quo? I have a small business and higher high school kids to help, in now way do they have the experiance or the skills to be paid 10.10 per hour, so I will have to let them go.
Quoting Raintree:
And then other's will seize on the opportunity. And many will be totally fine.
What you're really calling for is this: protection for the status quo.
More people with more money- more business overall.
Quoting pamelax3:
You realize when they lose business they will end up closing their doors, that will put people out of work
Quoting Raintree:
For. If employers can't figure it out, I guess they'll lose business in the long run- because people without work are people who won't buy things.
god.

I do not buy my stuff from walmart and do not charge 3x's higher. But you will support big corporations that most of their items come from overseas
Quoting LaughCryLive: This is why I don't support small businesses. I'd love to, but when it costs 3X as much to get a product from my locally owned grocery store (where I know they buy their product from Walmart) then I'm not going to shop there.
Quoting pamelax3:What do you mean protection for the staus quo? I have a small business and higher high school kids to help, in now way do they have the experiance or the skills to be paid 10.10 per hour, so I will have to let them go.
Quoting Raintree:
And then other's will seize on the opportunity. And many will be totally fine.
What you're really calling for is this: protection for the status quo.
More people with more money- more business overall.
Quoting pamelax3:
You realize when they lose business they will end up closing their doors, that will put people out of work
Quoting Raintree:
For. If employers can't figure it out, I guess they'll lose business in the long run- because people without work are people who won't buy things.
god.

Having 2 teens at home, this is very sad to me. But I see it where I live. My teens can not find a job because all the "teen jobs" are now being filled by recent college grads or adults. When I was a teen I worked retail. Go to any store today and it's rare you see a teen at the checkout (unless perhaps for the holiday rush). I go to the store and see moms and dads, people in their 20's. These were 1st jobs for teens. Now they are supposed to be jobs for adults supporting a family?
Quoting pamelax3:What do you mean protection for the staus quo? I have a small business and higher high school kids to help, in now way do they have the experiance or the skills to be paid 10.10 per hour, so I will have to let them go.
Quoting Raintree:And then other's will seize on the opportunity. And many will be totally fine.
What you're really calling for is this: protection for the status quo.
More people with more money- more business overall.
Quoting pamelax3:You realize when they lose business they will end up closing their doors, that will put people out of work
Quoting Raintree:For. If employers can't figure it out, I guess they'll lose business in the long run- because people without work are people who won't buy things.
god.

I don't think the minimum wage matters much if we don't get some sort of dollar stability first.

That is why I try to keep my positions for the teenagers, but at this rate I will not be able to hire or keep anyone
Quoting Ms.KitKat:Having 2 teens at home, this is very sad to me. But I see it where I live. My teens can not find a job because all the "teen jobs" are now being filled by recent college grads or adults. When I was a teen I worked retail. Go to any store today and it's rare you see a teen at the checkout (unless perhaps for the holiday rush). I go to the store and see moms and dads, people in their 20's. These were 1st jobs for teens. Now they are supposed to be jobs for adults supporting a family?
Quoting pamelax3:What do you mean protection for the staus quo? I have a small business and higher high school kids to help, in now way do they have the experiance or the skills to be paid 10.10 per hour, so I will have to let them go.
Quoting Raintree:And then other's will seize on the opportunity. And many will be totally fine.
What you're really calling for is this: protection for the status quo.
More people with more money- more business overall.
Quoting pamelax3:You realize when they lose business they will end up closing their doors, that will put people out of work
Quoting Raintree:For. If employers can't figure it out, I guess they'll lose business in the long run- because people without work are people who won't buy things.
god.

i am for, but as long as cost of living plus everything else going up (cost wise) is tied to how much minimum wage is, i can't say I'm for. its honestly a toss up.

I think part of the problem is large corporations get so many advantages over small businesses. They get a lot of tax breaks along with the advantages of being a large business like buying in bulk and often getting the same fines as small businesses. Small businesses would be able to afford to pay employees more if they didn't have to worry about property taxes for the first 5 years at a new location.
Quoting pamelax3:That is why I try to keep my positions for the teenagers, but at this rate I will not be able to hire or keep anyone
Quoting Ms.KitKat:Having 2 teens at home, this is very sad to me. But I see it where I live. My teens can not find a job because all the "teen jobs" are now being filled by recent college grads or adults. When I was a teen I worked retail. Go to any store today and it's rare you see a teen at the checkout (unless perhaps for the holiday rush). I go to the store and see moms and dads, people in their 20's. These were 1st jobs for teens. Now they are supposed to be jobs for adults supporting a family?
Quoting pamelax3:What do you mean protection for the staus quo? I have a small business and higher high school kids to help, in now way do they have the experiance or the skills to be paid 10.10 per hour, so I will have to let them go.
Quoting Raintree:And then other's will seize on the opportunity. And many will be totally fine.
What you're really calling for is this: protection for the status quo.
More people with more money- more business overall.

Higher wages means more purchasing power. If people have more money,they buy more. That helps companies, retail, manufacturers, all of the sellers in the country. Plus, people are more likely to take a chance on buying a home. That helps real estate and sellers and builders. I can't see why it would be a bad thing.
But, the author, Ms Jenny Erickson is a Republican, probably conservative. I remember her blogs in 2012 and she was clearly pro Romney and anti Obama.So far it appears that Republicans are against raising the minimum wage. Some want to eliminate it. Yikes.
Now I am going to read all of the replies here in this thread. :)

THIS !!
Quoting kailu1835:I am dead set against it. ...
... And there are a LOT of low income areas there that would suffer immeasurably by dramatically increasing the minimum wage.
The only people who are FOR a dramatic increase in minimum wage are people who are COMPLETELY and UTTERLY ignorant of economics.
- -Teeter-Totter-
on Jan. 30, 2014 at 1:46 PMFor instance, where we live people CAN raise a family with minimum wage jobs. But I know places where people have to make three times as much just to scrape by.
I think focusing on that disparity might make more of an impact.