<![CDATA[the empty suit and the minimum wage]]>Perfect presidential decree! Raise the minimum wage for federal workers. Wonderful a slush fund paid for by whom? Um yes the taxpayers.

I think he should take tax money right off the top and buy me a beer.

WSS

]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/28377/the-empty-suit-and-the-minimum-wageRSS for NodeThu, 01 Oct 2026 03:15:15 GMTMon, 03 Feb 2014 15:24:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to the empty suit and the minimum wage on Mon, 03 Feb 2014 23:33:10 GMT]]>I worked corrections for years while my wife went to school. After she became an RN, I went back and that is how I ended up in GIS. I never expected to stay at a shit job like that forever.

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@logicisforsquares said:

He should have given an executive order that all minimum wage increases. It would force businesses to innovate and use machines. As a result, all of the "I have functioning hands as my job skill" folks would be forced to make the leap into getting real job skills.

Maybe they could become a corrections officer.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/384192https://brownsboard.com/post/384192Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:55:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the empty suit and the minimum wage on Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:31:02 GMT]]>Probably a combination of that and of costs being pushed on the consumer, but I don't believe they're that bad. I think the numbers on McDonalds increases weren't bad. Plus, those employees would have more disposable income.

I'm not sure which side I stand on in this issue. I can understand the merits in both (while trying to avoid the "moochers" narrative)

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/384189https://brownsboard.com/post/384189Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:31:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the empty suit and the minimum wage on Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:09:58 GMT]]>He should have given an executive order that all minimum wage increases. It would force businesses to innovate and use machines. As a result, all of the "I have functioning hands as my job skill" folks would be forced to make the leap into getting real job skills.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/384179https://brownsboard.com/post/384179Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:09:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the empty suit and the minimum wage on Mon, 03 Feb 2014 16:20:23 GMT]]>I know. I'm assuming that the federal government pays for federal contracts that in turn pay their workers.

WSS

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/384062https://brownsboard.com/post/384062Mon, 03 Feb 2014 16:20:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the empty suit and the minimum wage on Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:31:34 GMT]]>It's for Federal contract workers, not federal workers. It just means the company will have to pay their workers that minimum wage. Federal workers make well above the minimum wage already.

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