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Minimum Wage #7732017
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Just went to the local chicken shack to get a 4 piece tender meal, drink, and fries. It cost $9.99; nearly 11 bucks with tax.

25 years ago, I worked at the feed store in the same town and that same meal was $3.99; but with tax it cost $4.32. I made minimum wage at $4.25 an hour then at the feed store in high school. Basically, one hour of labor would pay for a lunch back then. That's not the case now; one hours pay won't even buy you a meal at the local chicken shack; instead it takes almost 2 hours of labor......What happened?


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Re: Minimum Wage [Re: Chancey] #7732021
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Minimum wage and inflation went up.

Re: Minimum Wage [Re: Chancey] #7732026
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life was alot easier 25 years ago. The ole dollar sure went alot farther.

Re: Minimum Wage [Re: Chancey] #7732027
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True Sniper, but minimum wage has not kept up with cost. Today $7.25 for an hours work won't even buy you a meal at the local fast food joint here. 25 years ago it did.


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Re: Minimum Wage [Re: Chancey] #7732028
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Alot more dollars floating around today. Its called inflation.


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Originally Posted by Chancey
Just went to the local chicken shack to get a 4 piece tender meal, drink, and fries. It cost $9.99; nearly 11 bucks with tax.

25 years ago, I worked at the feed store in the same town and that same meal was $3.99; but with tax it cost $4.32. I made minimum wage at $4.25 an hour then at the feed store in high school. Basically, one hour of labor would pay for a lunch back then. That's not the case now; one hours pay won't even buy you a meal at the local chicken shack; instead it takes almost 2 hours of labor......What happened?

So you are saying the same meal is actually cheaper now. It's now only about 2xs the cost of 25 years ago; wages (even minimum) are much more than 25 years ago.


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So, why shouldn't everything go up, including the cost of labor?


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Originally Posted by Chancey
Just went to the local chicken shack to get a 4 piece tender meal, drink, and fries. It cost $9.99; nearly 11 bucks with tax.

25 years ago, I worked at the feed store in the same town and that same meal was $3.99; but with tax it cost $4.32. I made minimum wage at $4.25 an hour then at the feed store in high school. Basically, one hour of labor would pay for a lunch back then. That's not the case now; one hours pay won't even buy you a meal at the local chicken shack; instead it takes almost 2 hours of labor......What happened?


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Around where I am now, no one pays minimum wage; everyone pays more, between $18 and $20 per hour minimum. My friend's son works at the concession counter at a local movie theater and is making $20 an hour.


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Re: Minimum Wage [Re: waggler] #7732036
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Originally Posted by waggler
Originally Posted by Chancey
Just went to the local chicken shack to get a 4 piece tender meal, drink, and fries. It cost $9.99; nearly 11 bucks with tax.

25 years ago, I worked at the feed store in the same town and that same meal was $3.99; but with tax it cost $4.32. I made minimum wage at $4.25 an hour then at the feed store in high school. Basically, one hour of labor would pay for a lunch back then. That's not the case now; one hours pay won't even buy you a meal at the local chicken shack; instead it takes almost 2 hours of labor......What happened?

So you are saying the same meal is actually cheaper now. It's now only about 2xs the cost of 25 years ago; wages (even minimum) are much more than 25 years ago.



No Waggler. That is not what I'm saying.

One hours work on minimum wage bought a lunch 25 years ago.

One hours work on minimum wage now does not.


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Re: Minimum Wage [Re: waggler] #7732038
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Originally Posted by waggler
Around where I am now, no one pays minimum wage; everyone pays more, between $18 and $20 per hour minimum. My friend's son works at the concession counter at a local movie theater and is making $20 an hour.



That's good wages right there!

Based on lunch costs 25 years ago to what they are now, the minimum wage should be around $12/hour


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Chancey,
What is minimum wage is your area?


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Cost of chicken lunch $4.32/$4.25 per hour minimum wage in 1996 equals 98%

Cost of chicken lunch $9.99/$7.25 per hour minimum wage today equals 72%

A 26% hit hurts working folk.


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$7.25/hour Waggler


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No one should be making minimum wage now a days. Walmart pays 15 to 20 per hour.

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All the fast food joints here have "Help Wanted" signs up with a starting wage of $14-16 per hour with no experience.


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Minimum wage here is $12.56 /hour. So could have super sized the chicken lunch!






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Originally Posted by Monster Toms
Minimum wage here is $12.56 /hour. So could have super sized the chicken lunch!


Ha!


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I dont think anybody here pays minimum wage. Fast food starts at 14


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So, if everyone is paying above the $7.25/hour minimum wage, then why all the pushback to increase it?

What is wrong with minimum wage keeping up with inflation?


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