Minimum wage

[Danny]

japan4racing, you're saying $50 won't make much of a difference? A free tank of gas per week wouldn't make a difference to someone barely making $5.15 an hour? You're sadly mistaken.
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Truth! 50$ a week should make a difference at almost any pay level (with in reason). 50 x 52 = 2600$ per year. at the IRS rate of 45cents a mile you could drive your car almost 5800 aditional miles per year. Thats about 40% of the average miles a car is driven in one year. Thats HUGE in my book.

But again, in the end, it's only going to affect consumers and the uneducated.

we are all consumers. thus effecting EVERYONE. (not saying Iloveboost disagrees)

People always complain about the rich, upper class people always having it easy when it comes to tax breaks, etc but the fact is the rich, upper class people are more educated when it comes to their money and they find ways to keep track of their money. I used to work in banking and I saw it all the time. The rich stay rich because they take the initiative to educate themselves on how things work. The poor and middle class stay where they are because they'd rather complain about the government and how unfair everything is.

'Poor' and 'Rich' are realitive terms that personally I try not to use. But, I understand what you mean with this statement. Its the democrats that are pushing for a more socialistic goverment and in the process claim the "rich" are not taxed enough. YET, the harder I work (and anyone else in this great country) the more taxes I have to pay, and when I say "more" I am refering to a higher precentage. So if you think about it, we are punished for working hard and striving for a bigger paycheck. Im sorry, but thats not right in any way, shape or form. This is the reason I vote "fair tax plan" and get rid of the IRS.

But anyways, back to the topic at hand... all the minimum wagers need to go apply themselves. People choose to settle for $5.15 an hour. This is the land of opportunity for anyone that truely works for it.

Im not extreme enough to say they are not applying themselfs. But i agree, the vast majority of people work at or around min wage are not giving 110% effort into "climbing the corprate latter." I still think min wage is unnecessary.

But you hit the nail on the head: "the land of opportunity"