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| No | 59% | 411 votes | Total: 691 votes | |
| Yes | 41% | 280 votes |
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In real life, minimum wage is a joke! If you are a teenager who is starting out in your first job and have absolutely no obligations aside from recreation, then a job paying onl...read more
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by Randi J Task
"If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys!" (?) I can remember the Britain that existed before the Labour party came into power in 1997 and I can remember the Britain after. Labour ...read more
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by Tom Koecke
The concept of minimum wage is to protect unskilled employees from employers who might not otherwise pay that amount. It was established so that workers would be paid enough to ...read more
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To ask the question of whether or not minimum wage is fair, we would have to define fair. I checked the dictionary to see which definition was most fitting for this circumstance...read more
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Minimum wage is not fair, especially when you consider that people making minimum wage seldom get benefits from their job like health insurance. Jobs that pay minimum wage tend...read more
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Minimum wage will never be a "fair" wage, because it will never be based on the value of the work completed. Instead, it is based on an arbitrary amount set by the government in...read more
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Minimum wage was never fair, is not fair now and probably never will be fair for several reasons: 1. You can't get ANY housing on that kind of money. For folks who haven't ...read more
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by Brad Mcnally
Minimum wage is not a living wage. It is the bare minimum one needs to get by. In Ohio, where I live, they recently had an issue go to vote about raising the minimum wage, and a...read more
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by Jeff Brooks
The very existence of the minimum wage is not fair. It is not fair to wage-earners. It is not fair to consumers. It is not fair to small business. The federally legislated...read more
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Normally the question, "Is it fair?" has to be followed with the question, "Fair to who?" Fair to one, almost by definition, means unfair to another. If you're going to level ...read more
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by T.C Leonard
Minimum wage is only fair if you are a teenager working after school to earn a few dollars worth of spending money. I live in Martinsburg, WV, and the state's minimum wage is $...read more
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How can minimum wage be fair if you can't live on the amount of money you receive each month? Minimum wage needs to be raised in order to meet the demands living requires. Thi...read more
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The minimum wage is one of the reasons there is such a high poverty and crime rate in America. Now, minimum wage would be fine and dandy IF it could pay your bills. Unfortunate...read more
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by Lisa Fagan
Minimum wage is not enough. Since 1983, I have worked at a series of low-paying, part-time, and temporary jobs, especially these telemarketing and market research jobs. It was v...read more
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The question of whether or not Minimum Wage is fair is rather subjective isn't it? And, the answer relies very much on the locale. I have been fortunate enough in life to li...read more
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by Candy Jules
This world is a harsh reality, and some things don't come as easy to some, as they do to others. I assume all of you that voted Yes to this title, have lived on minimum wage, an...read more
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One good way to think about things like minimum wage is to imagine what it would be like without it. Actually in this case we don't have to imagine, there was a time when there...read more
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To me minimum wage is WAY too low. There are already enough people on Medicare, welfare, and etc.. If the wage would go up, I'd have to say there would be less people on it. ...read more
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by Gina Barr
Not only is it unfair, but it reminds me of a mentally challenged man who used to live in the village. He claimed that one day, he was going to "open his own bank". He said he...read more
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by Timothy Lee
A lot of people will whine, "Is minimum wage fair? Life isn't fair". Thereby making both sides of this argument in total agreement, no, minimum wage is not a fair wage. No, ma...read more
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by Moira Bryant
Is the minimum wage fair? What a question to ask when the majority of Americans make minimum wage, or rather, barely above minimum wage. Who can survive on less than six dolla...read more
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Minimum wage is extremely fair...to the point that I'm not sure how it could be interpreted as being unfair. Is it that the minimum wage is too low? Or is minimum wage too hig...read more
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Minimum wage is fair. When my mother, Eleanor, worked for Western Industries in the early 1970's, the minimum wage was about $2.10. Later, I believe their wage was increased to ...read more
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Due to the U.S, dollar's ever changing purchasing power, (i.e.; due to inflation) the U.S. Congress has been compelled to intermittently increase the minimum rate. The minimum w...read more
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The minimum wage is based on this radical concept: If you're going to ask someone to devote the majority of their waking life to your business, you need to pay them enough to li...read more
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Of course a minimum wage is fair. The minimum wage is a measure for all other wages to be set. How do you think politicians would know if they were being paid the correct wage ...read more
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Of course minimum wage is fair. Yes, it cetainly is low and it is hard to live on. I would never try to say that it is easy. It does serve a valuable purpose though. It keep...read more
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by Le Quebecois
The minimum wage in the United States was never intended to be a permanent income-it is intended to be a "startup" income for people just entering the workforce. As such, it is ...read more
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by Dana Seilhan
It's true that one of the factors in the decision to hire an employee is how much the employee will be paid or must be paid. It's also true that payroll is a major expense in r...read more
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by Charlotte B
Ok, so, working your ass off and making next to nothing sucks. I agree. But realistically? We all engineer our lives in a way that decides whether we'll be stuck on min...read more
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by Hymen Apart
Is minimum wage fair? I don't know about the system in the U.S. but in the UK it is. Employers can hire workers for a reasonable amount and make money off of them. Employee's ...read more
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by Robert Neff
The problem with most people's idea of minimum wage being not fair is that they look at it as a punishment. Not true. In order to be successful, one must be motivated to work ...read more
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by Kimmy Millet
The Real Estate-Wage Link and How it affects our Economy.... A basic understanding of economics is a must before giving an answer to this subject. Since I pride my self in th...read more
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Is life supposed to be fair? I must have been working the day they made that proclamation! The increase in minimum wage is just political garbage to win votes. It gives those...read more
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by LScar
I see two possible questions here. The first is a question of our practice or policy of enforcing a minimum wage. Is a minimum wage fair? Let's discard the word "fair". Fair is ...read more
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by Tim Carson
Work would be unappealing if the wage paid every hour was 1 dollar and zero cents. Very few individuals would desire to spend 8-10 hours in a cubicle, factory, or other facilit...read more
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by Luella Smith
Minimum wage is fair. We have to have minimum wage because there are businesses who would not pay their employee enough just so they could have more money in their pockets. ...read more
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by Phil Hill
The minimum age has been established to protect exploited workers. In the past, bosses could employ workers and pay them peanuts. And the poor individuals scraping to survive ha...read more
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by Rosanna Webb
In response to a much needed increase to the Federal Minimum Wage, The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 was passed on May 25, 2007. Since 1996, the federal minimum wage has been s...read more
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by Ethel Smith
Many countries have at some time or another passed legislation to set a minimum wage that employers must pay. The minimum wage in England is one of the good thing's to have come...read more
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