It's HERE!!! It ...IS... HERE!!! oh sweet heavens the day has finally come!!!!

[underpants]

$6.55 an HOUR!!!!


Jul 24, 7:56 AM EDT
Federal minimum wage rises to $6.55 today
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MINIMUM_WAGE?SITE=VARIT&SECTION=US





BURGER FLIPPERS REJOICE!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3665361&mesg_id=3665361

[annabanana]

1. Assuming a full time job at this rate..

How far below the poverty line does this leave a person?

[underpants]

5. but but but the joy and honor of working for Mr. Krabbs!!!

[begin_within]

2. Too bad a hamburger now costs $6.95 in some places.

[Dreamer Tatum]

6. A fast food burger costs $6.95? Where?

I doubt that.

[begin_within]

8. I didn't mean fast food.

Of course you can get a 99¢ hamburger, but would you want it?

[hobbit709]

3. And that allows you to sleep under an overpass

Because even 40 hrs/wk in this town wont pay the rent.

[liberal N proud]

4. You can almost buy a gallon and a half of gas

ALMOST!

[skooooo]

7. All your problems are over!!

:bounce:

$6.55 an hour!!! Don't spend it all in one place!

[Gman]

9. The RW has largely succeeded in making the MW irrelevant

they know they can't kill it so they're aim has been to make it irrelevant.

The lowest paying jobs around here start at around $7.50. Many more start at a minimum $10/$11 per hour.

[CrispyQ]

10. And if minimum wage had kept up with CEO pay since the 90s,

it would now be $23.08.

[49jim]

11. Minimum Wage

When I was 14 years old.....(1963) I worked in a small family grocery store (stock-boy). The minimum wage was $1.15 an hour. A six-pack of beer that filled the cooler with was was $1.15. It was the first time I realized the value of a dollar. If I were old enough to buy beer, I'd have to work a whole hour. Whew! This just came to me as I read this post.....crazy!

[underpants]

12. I think it was $3.25 when I started working at Winn-Dixie