Since a lot of people here are complaining about poor families with lots of children (who by the way aren't the only people who work at the minimum wage), why not consider a change to the view that China have on children?
You can have a limit to how many children you have, with large fines for going over that limit (twins and so forth don't count).
Or even require some form of qualification to have children? Meeting a minimum age, minimum intelligence (not talking genius levels here, just smart enough to not be likely to abuse a child), having a job, etc...?
What's the minimum wage in the US? Is it the same all across the country or does it vary from state to state?
UK minimum wage is £6.31 ($10.67) an hour, for 21+, and £5.03 ($8.51) an hour for 18-20.
And that applies to all jobs, bar apprenticeships.
The minimum wage here is $7.25 I believe, but for the most part it will vary from state to state. The problem is states are in charge of too much here, rather than the Federal Government being the one fully in charge. I do think what China is doing is right, but for any society that has a democracy, it completely ruins the point of a democratic society. The US doesn't exactly need a one baby policy either. Keep in mind, the US is a relatively huge country and one of the biggest in the world, and only a very small portion of it is filled with people. That means that we really are not densely populated. There is still so much empty, and barren land left in the United States. I don't think limiting the amount of people here will solve the problem, and I don't think adding qualifications to who can have children and who cannot will either, because again: that would ruin the point of a proper democracy.
Yes, but of course we go back to the part where you are usually a burger-flipper if you are a student who just needs a part-time job or you dropped out of high school.
It varies from state to state, and apparently we have a lesser minimum wage.
Believe it or not, in New Zealand and Australia they have much higher minimum wages than both Britain and America. In NZ it is $14.25, and in AU it is well over $16.
If a large company can't afford a couple dollar h/ increase to support higher minimum wages, they're running on a broken business model.
I don't think so, many companies have a certain percent of profit they need to make to keep running, and if you have to pay all those workers more; you are forced to either lay a lot of those people off, or shutdown the company due to there being no room for profits to be made.
In my state it was $7.25 but I think they just changed it to $9.
I know one of your state Senator's Al Franken is a big proponent of increasing the minimum wage.
