Who killed Mr. Boddy in the study and with what?: the great debate topic™®

[Doughboy]

Giving more money to poor people won't make them less poor.

im not sure if thats right

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[KickFlow]

I make $28/hour so minimum wage isn't a real concern for me.

Don't be stupid lol. If minimum wage is raised, people will have to raise the prices in their store/restaurant to compensate for paying their workers more, which in turns affects you if you buy anything lol.

[Cybertails1998]

victim blaming 101, starring bisjac

[KickFlow]

victim blaming 101, starring bisjac

How are poor people a victim?

[Bisjac]

victim blaming 101, starring bisjac

I listed 3 of the exact causes of the problem. None of them were poor people.

You are handicapped

[sir dooble]

I was gonna say I don't know or some other stupid stuff but I'll be honest
"£2.73 for apprentices rate, aged under 19, or if you're 19 or over and in the firsr year of their apprenticeship. £3.79 for people under age of 18 who are no longer of compulsory school age. £5.13 for workers aged 18 - 20 years inclusive."
this seems kind of low

I'm kinda happy with the minimum wage in the UK, except for there being a distinction between 18-20 year olds and 21+.
I don't really understand why that gap is there, since 18-20 year olds are expected to either be in education or full-time employment, for the most part.
It seems unfair that a 19 year old can have a full time job at a shop, doing the same work and same hours as a 22 year old, yet be paid over a quid less per hour.

[Ipquarx]

The bigger pay gap there is between me and min wage, the more wealthy I am.
So no, forget low payed people.

Lol

[KickFlow]

Lol

whats so funny?

[Jubel]

I agree with bisjac that most people who are in bad money situations that adding more money wont help them, because the vast majority of the time it accounts to bad management of it.

However, that being said, if you give more lower income people more money they'd be spending more of it. More money in the system means wealthier bisjacs, and less inflation, which is good.
So I am in support of raising minimum wage, as it'll help inject more money into the system for low-weath citizens to spend and give back to everyone else.

[ThatDarkNinja778]

yes give me $1000 an hiur for flipping burgers please
Actually No, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't really be that good in the long run.

[Rusty]

The issue with an increase in minimum wage is that somebody has to pay for it and that's the employers, if minimum wage rises less people will be able to be employed by a company because they usually have a specific wage budget.

[Jubel]

The issue with an increase in minimum wage is that somebody has to pay for it and that's the employers, if minimum wage rises less people will be able to be employed by a company because they usually have a specific wage budget.

honestly if a business can't survive without paying bare minimum they have a flawed business model.

[Rusty]

The thing is businesses that have lots of minimum wage employees can't afford to keep paying them more every 6 months. Picture how many people work for somewhere like a multi-branch supermarket on minimum wage now multiply the number of people by the increase in wage and by the hours they work a year and it'll come to a huge increase in the budget.

[SlayerZ99]

I think minimum wage is Mass was just raised to $9/hr thats already good enough

[#Ravencroft]

Don't be stupid lol. If minimum wage is raised, people will have to raise the prices in their store/restaurant to compensate for paying their workers more, which in turns affects you if you buy anything lol.

Raising minimum wage does not directly correlate with inflation.