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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2023
- A rise in the cost of living and stagnant wages affect voter attitudes and political preferences.
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#Wages #Economy #Inflation
I don't know what the answer is, but something is very wrong. I am old. When I got a full time job as a grocery clerk in the early 1970's, I made enough to live happily without debt. I bought a decent used car, rented a clean apartment, ate ok, bought a six pack of Bud and a chuck steak on Fridays, and paid my bills on time. More importantly, in two years I was able to save a downpayment for a small house in Ventura, CA where I lived.
Now that house costs $1,000,000 and a grocery clerk will never be able to buy one. We are not the country we once were, we are far less.
the country has always been the same. the new generation is far less.
@@DrSchor As in the new generation is no good? So it's the young people's fault they are struggling?
@@DrSchorsuch a ignorant response
@@andrewheffel3565, that DrSchor is all over this video comment section making ignorant and belittling comments.
@@DrSchorthe generation *has* less. Fixed it for you buddy
When owners starts talking about how "this company is like a family" run as far & fast as you can. They will without question try to manipulate & take advantage of you eventually. You are there to exchange your time & labor for money. Never let them manipulate you into thinking otherwise. This doesn't mean be rude or disrespectful to your employers. Build as many bridges & advantageous relationships as possible. But never forget your individual value as a human being & do not let yourself be taken advantage of. Employers take advantage of people's desperation when they say they can't pay you a livable wage. They are nothing without your labor. If they can't pay employees a livable wage then they are prioritizing the companies expansion & the growth over their workers. If they can't pay a livable wage then they shouldn't have so many employees.
His comment about work hours during the 1900s speaks volumes
Yes, the whole it's a family comment is actually marked as a toxic workplace comment.
I also own my own business in a similar industry as that guy and I'm sad to say, his mindset is unfortunately widespread in the design and printing industry. Also, absolutely raise prices on customers. If you have a service that people need and if you are as good as you think you are and claim to be, they will pay for it.
Also, we're missing some key information from him. Sure he has his staff on a 4-day work week, but how many paid hours a week do his employees get? Do the hours add up to the minimum to be eligible for insurance and benefits?Just because you have a 4-day work week, that doesn't make you a nice or a good employer.
He also never actually answered the question about inflation.
Learned this the hard way. It’s true.
He's basically part of the problem. His complete lack of awareness is shocking.
A living wage should:
Pay rent or house mortgage
Pay for food
Pay for utilities, phone, internet
Raise 1 kid
Pay for transportation to work
Pay for health insurance/ insurances
Anything less is pretty much a slave labor life. That’s why some people prefer to be homeless, instead of working to death and get nothing, when you not working and get nothing, but less stress.
Facts 💯
Okay, where do jobs skills and education relate into this equation?
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I say you should also be able to save each month, too (unexpected health expenses, retirement since jobs with retirement plans are becoming vestiages of a bygone era and we're about one generation away from not having social security, the occasional VACAtion!) SMH. It's a shame when "Living" is now only synonymous with surviving!
@@rickj1983off rip everyone should get a livable wage and the more education and experience u have the more u should make and the nicer stuff u should have it’s common sense but no one should have to be homeless and starving
it’s beyond inhumane how unserious we have been to address such gaping inequality. To think so many have so much and yet many have barely anything to get by.
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Embrace your Present.
Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis
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"Before I start, I must see my end.
Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins.
Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed.
In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled.
But to earn final peace at the universe’s endless refrain,
We must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
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--Diamond Dragons (series)
These are the rare cases where I agree with Eric Cartman considering I'm related to Tolkien
I think the U.S. has to abolish political science at all universities. This discipline seems teach how to swindle others rather that to build-up the country and make it a nation Americans can be proud of. The U.S. in known as the richest country in the world. Rich of what and for who?
The answer you'd get is work harder.
Sad that so many Americans wait until they have destroyed credit, unpaid medical bills, own an overpriced gas guzzling truck, and are in deep debt themselves to finally admit things are bad.
I used to think $15 was the magic number but as long as landlords can raise the rent as high as they want, whenever they want, quality of life will suffer.
Property taxes keep going up to the moon. If they kept rent the same, it would eat any profits in a capitalist country.
Those days are sadly behind us
Just in time for inflation what a coincidence????
$15 might of been good in early 1900’s but not now in modern times!
We need to increase housing supply to make houseing more affodable, and not by increasing unemployment. More middle/dense houseing and removing single family zoning can help with that. Making cities less car centric would also help since car related transportation is expensive.
I agree with Tamica's sentiments. The system has a flaw where if your income surpasses a specific threshold, your benefits are taken away. Furthermore, the state considers the income of other individuals living in your household, even if they don't contribute any money. This practice can inadvertently push you over the threshold, leading to the loss of your benefits.
In the end, you find yourself struggling once again, being pushed back into poverty. The system is inherently flawed, an unending cycle that seems to work against you at every turn.
how about not lowering yourself down into a system in which you require benefits to live. pull your own weight from the start and you will never need another person's money to be happy.
@@DrSchor I understand where you're coming from, and there's certainly value in advocating for self-reliance and taking responsibility for one's life.
The idea of being self-sufficient and not relying on benefits or other people's money is indeed an admirable goal for many.
However, it's essential to recognize that life is complex and not everyone has the same starting point or opportunities. While striving for self-sufficiency is commendable, there are various circumstances that can make it challenging for some individuals to achieve it on their own. Some factors that can affect a person's ability to "pull their own weight" from the start include: Socioeconomic background, Health issues and disabilities, Economic fluctuations, Family responsibilities, and other Unforeseen circumstances.
Encouraging personal responsibility and self-reliance is cool and all, but it's also important to have a compassionate and understanding society that supports those facing difficulties. Social safety nets and benefits exist to provide a safety net for those who find themselves in challenging situations.
I believe the goal should be to strike a balance between individual responsibility and societal support, ensuring that everyone has a fair chance to succeed and lead a fulfilling life. It's about creating an inclusive society that empowers individuals while offering a helping hand to those in need, when they need it.
@@DrSchoreasy to say that but she’s stuck there not alot she can do like she said it will be years at this rate before she could get out this situation
@@DrSchor The flaw is not from preventing yourself from being in that system, but from once you get into that system, the system does not work as intended which is to get you out of that system by helping up and out of it. Check other countries welfare systems which are designed to actually help you out of them and actually do the job. Denmark, Netherlands, Austria, Finland, etc. All are successful capitalist economies which also have welfare that actually works. The issue therefore in the US is the system as it is working right now in practice. Altering certain parts of the system to make it actually work in practice is what's needed. If you actually want to see less people in poverty and people pulling their own weight, then this is what must happen. If the system continues as it is, then people will only get sucked into it and be far more likely to never get out of until the day they die.
@@DrSchorBy 'the system' what do you mean? For instance are you specifically referring systems that support the poor or are you talking like governments financing billionaire companies. Also do you think government employees, mainly the House and Senate should be kicked off government healthcare?
My dad worked full time in a warehouse that paid enough for him to buy a house, a car, and cash for his trade school at 25. By the time he was my age, he made as much money as I do now, but 30 years later and I’m smarter, more educated, and more capable in 90% of everything. There are aspects of his job that I can do despite never having directly studied or worked in his industry. Somehow, I’m unqualified to make a decent living and my retirement is on pace to be in my 80s.
As someone who can't work for more than $10,000 a year without losing state insurance this issue is extremely underrepresented. There's so many poverty traps in this country. I have medical and mental issues but there's no step up program I can work towards. If I make too much, I lose it all. I make _less_ money making more money.
I have to live off even less. 874 dollars a month. Fortunately for now, my mother is still alive and able to help. But not for long. I cannot get food assistance because of a crime from fifteen years ago. Never mind I served every minute of my sentence. Inn what world can someone confined to a wheelchair afford to live for that? I can barely afford the expenses I do have, and that doesn't include rent, utilities, phone service, none of the medical treatment I need as I was outright denied medical assistance, a vehicle and the associated expenses, or ever leaving the house to do something besides stare at walls. I have not eaten fast food for a decade, long before I was in this position, and I know how to effectively shop for what I need. But food costs are outrageous. I have to have clothes and hygiene products, I do not live in a city with public transportation or services like a food bank, nothing. It's absolutely insane.
Just give up that’s what I did
You got that right! No middle class or higher will understand. It's sad
@@nothanks9503you gave up on what? You’re still here, still working and still paying taxes. Wdy you gave up?
Enjoy the hand out and watch society burn.
Who should we blame for this problem? Who can solve it? Who are the ones who raise the price of things you buy, goods or services? Who decides how much labor is paid? The bosses, the billionaires who own the multinationals corporation, make these decisions. Yet, we blame "Biden" or who ever is in office. The billionaire class controls our government, all 3 branches and the media companies. Yet, rarely do Americans blame those who decide what we get paid and what we pay for what we need.
bingo
Nobody wants to bite the hand that feeds them. Dependency on employers for even a basic income creates fear and subservience akin to slavery.
Well, I blame Biden as well as all the other corrupt politicians who are bought off by those billionaires and their corporations. Good talk!
YOU can set your own worth when you have skill worth something. I set my own 'wage/rate'
and I'm asked "How much do you charge". I don't ASK for work, I have people ask me if I can do what I do for them. *THINK*
Where are our Representatives? 😩🤣😛🤡
The prices of grocery goes up every time I go to buy food. The companies make billions in profits every year yet claim they need to raise prices because of inflation.
that isn't true. corporations increase inflation to strip workers of their increased bargaining power they gained from the labor shortage from the pandemic.
@@ccdm515 yea bananas are $2 a pound now. Avocados are 2 for $5 even potatoes went up a couple bucks a bag. It’s almost cheaper to eat out and only eat when you’re hungry
@@al_chargedupbanans used to be less than a dollar per pound. Just ridiculous
In 2021 when there were actually distribution issues but at this point it's just straight up extortion
I remember working minimum wage jobs, I feel for everyone that is stuck there still.
It took a lot of work but going from $8 in my teens now to $50 in my adulthood has made me grateful for every penny and allows me to help others in need.
Someone in the US right now looking at you for reparations.
I would love 50/hour
I know a bunch of 25-65 yrs old still only making $12 an hour.
@@brittanyday8439try $11(age 33)
Lack of awareness. The point is that political changes and choices have changed everything. All of these people work very hard and do so a lot, but it won’t yield anything close to what you got, and that’s thanks to selfish myopic economic policies.
In my college town a married young woman with 3 kids and a husband in prison started receiving government assistance; to get it she had to either be working or going to school. She went to school to get certified to be a hospital worker; I don't remember what kind. She worked hard and graduated with new hope, did a job search and got an good offer at the local hospital. The amount of income was not enough for her to take the job without the government assistance, so she had to decline the offer that just put her over the line to lose her benefits. She was forced to continue her benefits by working a low-wage job, wondering why she made the effort to learn all she had learned. Hopeless. And a continuing burden on the taxpayer. The whole reason for the rules was to get people off welfare.
Living wages aren't just about "living"
It's about "satisfaction"
What's the point if all you're able ti do is "exist"
When you have kids existing is the goal, but you're right, these ppl can't even afford to have kids. So it's not enough
First world problem.
@@joenunez938
So the question is do you want to remain living in a first world country, or would you prefer to see American poverty rampant and the decimation of our infrastructure.
@@s.d.c5513 That's not the question, but it is a ridiculous one.
@@joenunez938
Do you have a relevant point to make, or you just an attention seeking dbag?
GOP vote against raising the minimum wage but raise their own pay by 7000 a yr Think About It
Yes unfortunately some people don’t think about that or care it’s sad.
Democrats raise taxes and prices so much that a minimum wage loses value as it goes up.
Do you work for minimum wage or are you just trying to be cool?
@@imperialmotoring3789 same thing could be asked of you
@@imperialmotoring3789 USA having a living standard isn't cool it's Christan the teaching of Christ
Living wage is more than just being able to afford all the important bills. It’s about being comfortable and having the freedom to grow and to have some fun too.
No tf it isn’t
@@geton411oh okay so we should call it."surviving wage" because its not living
@@geton411Give people only the survival minimum and everything comes down, like what’s happening now. Humans have mental limits, you cant just give people what they need to survive. You have to give them what they need to live. A happy human is a productive human. There’s a reason why the USA is one of unhappiest places places on the face of the earth despite our economic growth. People can barely live
@@yourunclejohn984 ya its called go earn it
no it isnt. its the minimum to stay alive. no phone. no tv. no internet. no car, no house. just food and a tent.
Corporations having deregulation is the problem. Reagan letting corporations reign supreme ended up being the obvious bad idea that it was
We need more in-depth reporting like this on the major news networks.
ya mean REAL news......what anovel idea!!
lol
Yepper the benefits of Bidenomics. All is going great.
@@lawrenceleverton7426 going good for me no matter what color the clown in the WH is red, blue, black, white. Too bad trolls don't get educations.
True but will it help change anything? 😒
Getting by is NOT A LIVING WAGE!
You shouldn't be given a liveable wage for just getting by & doing the bare Minimum like how privileged do you all think you are that you deserve something people sacrificed years to achieve
@@B86432 awwwh lol sucks to be you eh?
@@B86432 bruh working full time is not bare minimum. You’re a clown. How do those boots taste?
@@B86432You are delusional if you think others aren’t sacrificing. Putting in time on a job is a sacrifice itself. Their sacrifices are different, but not non-existent.
@@B86432Yep workers should sell their soul to a company the exact moment they start working. Just bend over and let the employer have their way. Cant afford the rich not getting richer
A lot of places won’t hire you full time either. I was told at my interview 15-20 hours per week. That quickly turned into 37.5 hours a week (which is fine, I like to work but 2.5 hours away from full time so they don’t have to give benefits is crazy to me)
This is what Walmart does. 35hrs is considered full time. And if you are hired part time, they can work you that many hours for a week or two but they don't have to offer you health insurance so long as your average hours per quarter doesn't get to that 35.
Same with job positions. I worked customer service and it was paid slightly more than a cashier and they trained a few for back up. They can train you for a higher paying position but as long as you work more in your actual position, they don't have to pay you the higher wage.
@@EcstaticTeaTime what’s even more crazy is for those who have state insurance you can only make so much before you lose it. Many people are stuck between working too many hours to qualify for state yet just two hours a week shy of the company offering plans.
They have been doing this trick for YEARS. Thats why people ahve 2-3 jobs to fill those hours lost. Its another reason why people dont support raising the minimim wage, because they know if they do...employers will just cut the hours. Even if you make $50 an hour, what good is it if they only give you one hour a week?
Affordable care act mandates health insurance at 30 hours a week
The man with the "print shop" saying people used to work 80 hours a week for nothing and that was "okay" is just insane. We know their quality of life, from his own statement, was terrible, their mental health would've been shot, and that would've all been passed on to their children. Why did the successive generations fights for a 40 hour work week, minimum wage guarantees, etc?
Some people are so dull it's amazing. It's not about money, it's about quality of life.
That’s over 11 hours a day, assuming no days off.
This guy is wayyyy out of touch. Has the “if I can do it anyone can” mentality. Skips over how he went to college and how he amassed a 401k to begin with.
His mommy and daddy probably paid his college and got his buisiness started for him .
@@crazyadventuresandreviews his quote of “people used to work 70-80 hours a week” is one of the dumbest things I’ve heard. That’s literally why we created labor laws. We had children in factories and working conditions were horrendous. But hey… “if I can do it anyone can” 🙄
it's called survivorship bias.
The facf that he even had a 401k at such a young age and borrowed from it and amassed enough to cash it out with penalty! He had the nerve to have on a shirt that says there is no luck...just hard work😂
@@scifirealism5943lol, majority of peopel go to school and q lot of peopel go to college. It's not bias. It's good decisions.
The truth is it's not just education and good jobs that have been lost over the years it's paid apprenticeships unions and not having a living wage in the country as well as the high cost of everything.
correct.
When Adam Smith wrote "the wealth of nations", he wrote one chapter on the wages of labor. He basically said there needs to he a living mininum wage for the economy to work. He even defined that living wage as 2x the cost of living. This allows for people to be able to sypport themselves and the freedom to participate in society and the economy without worrying about your next meal
Started in the 70's the declining steel mill jobs then accelerating in the 80's and 90's millions of good paying lost jobs this was the down fall of America now slave labor wages and only going to get worse.Now we have educated overpaid morons
That be $35 hour or more!
@gailschwartz4037 Okay, so what? How much do you think the business owners make off of the workers labor?
@@anthonycekic4509 at $15 hour or $19 hr casino my former job. They steal about $15, hr. Our pay should be $32 hr.
One of the overlooked challenges with having multiple jobs is you work insane hours but you never make overtime.
Me making $34/hr, $4200/month, living in Seattle is just enough for myself. Half that is for rent, rest is for food and other bill, but no way I can buy a house on my own. $25/hr now is like $15/hr 10 years ago. Anyone making less than $25/hr are maybe making ends meet
Then move? Plenty of other places where that'll go a long way. You are choosing to live like this
I’m making $24 an hr in NJ and I feel like I need another job to feel at least decent, I have an old car and no debt. Rent, utilities and groceries make me feel like i can barely save up,
@@superdupertrooper6732 exactly whether moving or not everywhere is expensive
how were you able to secure a lease when you they require you to make 3x the rent
@jonahn772 that's not a national requirement. That's just what your management requires
In Florida it’s horrible one bedroom is 2000 dollars and the minimum wage is low 😑
Florida Inflation is at 9% with the rest of the country is at 3% inflation rate. Put that on DeSantis, not Biden. Income growth across the US is 5.1 % outpacing Inflation at 3%.
Florida is a terrible state state to live and it’s getting worse, get out while or when you can, to some place w better resources and quality of life- and don’t be afraid to ask friends or family to help you out
Get out, Florida is outrageous
8,529 units for rent under $2000 a month listed on zillow.... seems like a lot of there
@@Jeremy10000 by under 2000 you mean 1999. Stop being a clown
At this point in America, the government assistance programs are really just corporate subsidies. If your employees aren’t paid enough to be able to afford food and shelter within a reasonable distance of the workplace, those benefits are corporate benefits rather than support for the people using them.
I make 69K with a family. It’s hard to get by on that sometimes. I can’t imagine trying to make it work on 30-45K
you can't. That's why welfare spending surpasses $1 trillion annually.
What's your budget like? What are your spending habits like? Do you have loans?
Then remember most are doing it on 22-33k
@@dabsandsticks😂😂😂😂
I mean… you have a family so of course you wouldn’t be able to survive off of 30-45k my guy. I make around 50k a year. I’m single with no kids just me, I’m doing good for myself! I don’t have to worry how will I pay my rent, put food on the table etc. no car note. I still have plenty of money left over after deducting my bills
They should cover California.
My wife and I both have college degrees, good careers, and a solid amount in savings, yet we can't afford a home in northern California.
Exactly.
california has been long gone everyone leaving if they have any sense
Your better off buying a house in a state where it won’t burn down, try to avoid places prone to disasters
I know in the US couples without children aren't considered a family, but those "non-family" people are struggling, too. Yet somehow they are overlooked and ignored.
P.S. if your job is a "family" run away a fast as you can! Your job is just that, a job. Keep family separated from your job. Your co-workers are not your besties. Again, run away as fast as you can form those types of bosses!
But you don't have children. Children are future tax payers. You're just a couple if you don't have children. This country is a business. You as a childless couple bring no extra benefit to the country.
That's usually the place that causes you the most stress
@@djbobby224True. That and you have to assume you may be laid off at any time.
I have the very similar level government job to what my father had before he retired. At my age he was able to raise a family with 3 kids, have two vehicles, take some vacations and build a house on waterfront, good meals on the table and have savings. I can barely afford a tiny one bedroom in the outskirts of the city and have no kids or a car, struggle to afford groceries now. The only big difference was he didn't need a degree to get the job back in those days now I did have to and started my adult life 50k in debt just to start my career. Just feels like the deck is stacked against us compared to the previous generation.
those days are gone forever. Housing prices are ridiculous
Sounds like you made some irresponsible decisions.
@@DivinityAwakened going to university and getting an education that led to a career that was good pay at the time but no longer is because of inflation and cost of living crisis? Well I guess we aren’t all born with a Golden Horseshoe up our butts like you apparently were…are you a boomer or something?
@@DivinityAwakened Like?
We are light yrs behind if we're still asking this question.
Minimum wage should have NEVER strayed from the concept of "the minimum wage required to live in a state" . The day people started considering it unskilled labor or just starter jobs is when we lost our way ........ almost everyone is underpaid but many people only argue that lesser earnring people don't deserve more money instead of realizing they should ask for more from their " middle class" jobs.
There is no middle class , there is only the working class.
Meanwhile we have trillionares throwing money into the literal void of space
name 1 american trillionaire. I do ask my customers for higher pay. but they say the 12 year old down the street can mow their yard for a bag of peanuts.
@@SgtJoeSmith even if I redact my previous statement to " Billionaire "
Nothing of what I said is invalid .
Of course a 12 yr old could cut grass but you would also get a 12 yr Olds work .
You cant reasonably expect a 12 yr old to take on large scale landscaping projects in the same effectiveness you could.
If you have clients stating that -then call the bluff . use it as leverage ,let them find a child that will consistently perform landscaping duties with the same efficacy & proffesionalism as someone that does it for a living.
@@SgtJoeSmith Isn’t Jeff Bezos on track to become a trillionaire?
@@spongeintheshoe maybe if bidenflatiion keeps up. But only on paper based on stock value. if he sold his stock it would devalue it and cause a major market crash and would mess up pensions and devalue them. He would have to sell little by little to actually have that much "cash"
If you don’t smoke, drink alcohol, and make food yourself, you can do far better.
Don’t forget lottery
Nope....
Cigarettes !
You live in delusion.
And I'm called selfish for not having kids. GTFOH.
Right ?!?!? I’m like bruh I would love to , but I’ll get an abortion every time until republicans get that disabled people deserve more money
Preach 😂
Its just a coping tactic that really is jealousy/envy when people say that.
Enough to:
1.) pay your rent & utilities or enough to pay for a mortgage payment and your insurance/utilities,
2.) enough to pay for groceries AND medications in the same month,
3.) enough to put into savings,
4.) enough to enrich the local community by eating out and/or attending a show.
enrich the local community by eating out ? that is an excuse to be lazy and keep yourself poor. sad.
Even being a single person it’s crazy expensive and I make a well amount above minimum wage in my state! I couldn’t imagine trying to survive with a family
Honestly it’s kinda deterred from wanting to do the family thing. Couldn’t imagine maintain a family off my income.
Literally the reason I don’t even pursue a relationship/children.
Do not start a family until you make 3x what you are comfortable with living on now. That numbers different for everyone and it might take 5-10 years to gain the skills to get to that point
Same. Even if I eventually get to the point where I can afford a modest home, I worry that I’ll be nearing the end of my reproductive years. I wouldn’t want to have a kid at 45.
Is tough being single and depending on one income. I just got fired from a job and now I can't find a job that pays me enough to afford living.
@@shazbazzyrelationships in this day and age are just flings and one night stands, which is completely barbaric. Not to mention if you’re suckered into a marriage you have a gun to your head in divorce courts where all your assets will be ceased
$1500 a month is not even enough for 1 person and she has children.
Well, she should work a 40-hour week then? Did no one run the math on this??? To get to 3500 she basically just needs to work full time
@@Jeremy10000But then she wouldn't get those government subsidies. How unfair. / s
@KK-pm7ud work harder, get less handouts.... makes ya think 🤔 lol
@@Jeremy10000 Try to make it when you consider how much more she would need for food and medical coverage. The cost for basic medical coverage is outrageous! It's hard to make enough to replace both of those I know because I've been there!
@@garryandjanepannell8594 and you aren't there anymore because you worked hard and got out, no?
The top 1% intentionally set us up this way. Corpos purposely maintain wages just below the line for government assistance. WM is notorious for paying just enough so they're employees qualify. That way corpos pocket more millions in bonuses for CEOs and board members. But employees need help with medical, food, housing, transportation and the big one child care. They also like this method cuz if the employee speaks up, due to pitiful raises or insurance coverage requests, they can no fault fire. Replace with a shiny new minimum wage probationary employee. Repeat process.
I agree with your comment but it’s also my theory that some corporations pay just above it(depending on someone’s family size) so a single person would not qualify for government assistance even though they probably could use it. That way, they have more control over the employee by forced and voluntary overtime-someone who doesn’t make enough needs to work more and they pretty much can have more control over their employees
bad management
Started in the 70's the declining steel mill jobs then accelerating in the 80's and 90's millions of good paying lost jobs this was the down fall of America now slave labor wages and only going to get worse.Now we have educated overpaid morons
I love the question she asked the man why does the product price have to increase when they increase employee wages. Watching him dance around the question. He is an perfect example of what’s wrong with this country. The answer is, what he really wanted to say is. That extra money isn’t going to be taken out of my check. I’m going to either raise the product cost or start cutting jobs. It’s really sad when you break down the salary difference between the CEO and the employees that are actually doing the work. I believe the owners and CEO’s deserve there money. But when you see these owners and high ups with a house in every state and I’m eating ramen noodles every night it’s a sad world for the government to let this happen.
Indeed! I've heard that false dichotomy too many times. A decrease in profit as a third option is rarely mentioned.
She got it all wrong. Minimum wage does not cause inflation. Government's reckless spending and money printing cause inflation. Employee wage is the cost of labor. Howard cannot afford to pay min wage to every worker in the company. He has to lay a few workers off or raise the product price to stay in business. That's how minimum wage destroys low paying jobs.
Lol ceos don't work. It's been factually and statistically proved. Most of them sit in boardrooms Or at home getting phone calls here and there.
What tanika said about welfare is spot on. If she was to make slightly more money, they will take it away. Yet she’s still struggling while on it…….
My grandmother was like that. Benefits shouldn't be all qualifying or not, they should be gradual. For example, for every 2 dollars you make above the current limit, Benefits are decreased by 1 dollar. That way, you always make more when you work and make more.
Yep. I had a coworker who's daughter took a job making about 75 cent more per hour and they cut her housing and SNAP.
My grandmother is on social security and she makes $12 over the about needed to get fuel assistance (pay for heating/cooling). It's insane.
Rent, real estate, is out of control and unregulated.
Do you expect me to rent my property for less than my expenses?
@@joenunez938 : No, I expect federal and state governments to actually deal with the housing crisis by building plenty of affordable housing even where property owners don't want it.
The problem is, the real estate market is all about profit, maximizing revenue, so the pricing is insane because there's almost nothing but what would be considered luxury housing in the rest of the world. There isn't enough housing period, and this inflates prices, but there is especially not enough housing that most people can afford.
In Japan there isn't a housing crisis, because there aren't rich and poor neighborhoods, and there's actually a surplus of housing. You can buy as nice of a house as you like, but it's not in some exclusive zone which basically shuts out low income people to keep the home values inflated. The overall effect of that is, everyone lives in a pretty nice neighborhood, crime is low, homelessness is almost nil. Everyone can afford a place to live which isn't an hour or more from their workplace. Japan also has excellent mass transit despite having about the same rate of private vehicle ownership as the United States. I have an apartment in the Tokyo area that's so cheap, I can afford to keep it even when I'm not in the country--in the Tokyo area!
Rents are insane in the United States because there's no planning to house the general public.
Perfect example, George Lucas wanted to build affordable housing so that the people who work for him and the services he relies on would have places to live within reasonable distance, but the real estate market in the area wouldn't allow it. Governments should not allow that to happen; they should simply build housing where it's needed. Los Angeles, NYC, and Hawaii should be flooded with affordable housing.
1998 article said $40thousand annually was poverty level income. I worked full time as state employee earning $20thousand annually. I was floored to learn just how much we were grossly underpaid. Those short wages have not improved over the quarter century. SMH
"Godbless America" cause we need the charity apparently.
And in 2023 disabled people get roughly $11k a year , to try to pay for housing and literally everything . They’re tryna call 70k a year poverty where I live …: but disabled people still get 11, it’s why most people have to live on the street
What article? According to HHS in 1998 for a single family household it was $8,050 and for a two person household it was $10,850. Those figures include the contiguous states and D.C. They don't include higher cost areas of Hawaii or Alaska.
I work 55 hours a week in construction including my commute. My weekly take home is about 600. I am losing faith in America....
@@nealcassady1189 nah
"Early 1900s people were working 60, 70, 80 hours a week to be broke" . . . . . . . . and the life expectancy was 50 so maybe we shouldn't use a time when people literally worked themselves to death as a gauge
Living wage should be MINIMUM $70-$80k a year.
That’s a livable luxury wage. At $70k a year I could afford a BMW, retirement, plenty of vacations, new iPhone, going out to eat, etc.
@@Mogardienot if you live below your means. It's enough to have a couple bucks in your pocket at the end of the day if you don't live like a rich n****r.
@@Mogardiethat’s as a single person. A family with that wage would be about an average wage
@@imanigordon6803 people have the choice to have children and a family. They shouldn’t start one until both adults make $80k+ combined. Which is 2 $20/hr jobs. Which is should only take 2/3 years of experience not flipping burger to achieve that wage.
@@Mogardie Life isn’t created in a vacuum where everyone makes the perfect outcome in their lives one day one some people hang with the wrong crowd and get a record and some people have children before their ready that doesn’t mean they have to struggle because of those mistakes.
Thank you for doing this reporting, we need more like this. I think its ridiculous some of us are getting paid $9-12hr, not including tax, then have limited hours for the week while still having to pay living expense.
Then find a better pay job
Easy for the White man to say. 🙄. This Country was made for you to thrive. Have some compassion U don’t know what people are truly going through.
@@nicholasthompson7690 The job that person is doing is still necessary for society. Why should whoever is doing that job not be earning a living wage? The solution of "finding a better job" completely obfuscates the problem that working adults should be paid enough to afford their necessary living expenses - it's the fundamental principle behind why modern, industrialized nations have a minimum wage...
@Eric-yt7rt because he's an other wallet warrior.
His real reason why he opposes a living wage is because his ethical code says it's immoral to pay people more money than their low-level abilities entitle them to earn
@@nicholasthompson7690do you believe waitresses shouldn't exist?
Chuck Todd asks "What do these people want the government to do for them?" People just want a government not controlled by special interest corporate donors. We want the government to stop subsidizing corporations. We want a higher minimum wage. We want free health care, like all other developed nations have. We want free college and no-interest student loans.
If you want all that, you'll be taxed 50+ percent of your income. That's a no for me dog.
That's not going to happen, so now what? Oh youre gonna sit there and just cry. Ok, they are fine with that.
@mdel310 maybe, but our population is much larger than those nations that actually have national insurance and free education. Maybe we are able to spread the cost more evenly throughout, reducing thr per person costs. Also, we have enough money its how we use it, where the problem lies. Overbloated government contracts, departments, defense you name it. Your tax dollars should work for you not other countries.
@@andidede3653Unfortunately, its against us Citizens.
And we have to pay for it.
Move to another country where they have what you are looking for! Canada and the uk for example
How the heck is the US minimum wage that low??? The lowest wage in Ireland is $12.50 an hour.
Hearing these stories brings me to tears we as Americans deserve better. I work 16 hours a day Monday though Friday 7am to 2am I’m not proud of it, I’m ashamed by the fact that to provide a living wage for my family in Florida I have to sacrifice everything. Americans demand change.
You should not be ashamed you should be very proud of yourself for doing so much for your family.
I work Monday through Friday plus have to drive 3 hours a day for work on top of it because I live rural and jobs here are useless.
The one business that is near me has starting pay at 8 dollars...
@jorgeacosta4746 I am glad you are providing for your family by sacrificing your time, however, if you have to work over 40 hours, your not receiving a living wage. I am in the same boat. If I wanted to make a decent living, I would have to work 50-60 hours a week and break my back doing it, and take an emotional toll because the company I used to work for doesn't care as much as they would like you to believe.
@@Enzome12.you should be ashamed that this is allowed here, but not ashamed of yourself
Small business's suffer not because of forced raising wages, but because larger LLCs had so much advantage. A "maximum wage" (as a metaphor) is the needed thing.
Small businesses suffer because every cent counts. A lot of owners can barely make ends meet working everyday and staying on top of marketing while still staying affordable to local communities.
So you think telling everyone in the US that they can’t make passes a certain amount is productive?
That's the real reason.
History for the working poor has not changed signicantly. My grandmother worked in the fields of the South, and as a maid $1.00 a day in the fields, during harvest times based on her production; in addition 1.25 a week doing housework. My mother, $12.00 a week as maid full time. Making extra $ washing and ironing, and part time housework. She raised 5 children, first generation high schoolers, and first generation of college graduates. She placed a priority on behavior, and education in our home. Ater graduate school,, for me, also a generational first, a career began with about 25,000 a year. But, inflation, downsizing, layoffs, cuts of federal funded programs stopped my progress before I even considered the 'red flag' of education loan repayments. The possibility of my home ownership applications denied, because of my education loans, debt to income ratios, and unpaid education loans.Thankfully through the years,I have kept the basics of my well being, having one child and me, in7 my lifestyle budget; my apartment rentals, food, clothing, transportation. Still, however, in debt to Department of Education. Here is a despairing problem, for college graduates in America. Many of whom, are utilizing tech work for a viable income level. Others are working jobs not nearly commensurate with their educational hopes. Yet, the American working poor, continues, paying taxes, asking for fairness, but they know whatever happens economically, they must find a way somehow to live. I am retired 5 years now, and I worked 1 full time job, a myriad of part time jobs for many years until my late 50's. I decided one full time job would have to suffice, because I was exhausted. My daughter, has earned more than her Mom, but the continued layoffs, closing of businesses, increased cost of housing, has caused her to struggle many times. Your discussion is good, perhaps Mr. Yang can get past the think tank influences, the government lobbyist strongholds, etc., etc., Its good to hear, he understands the amount of money, the working poor needs just for the mere basics of sustaining daily life. Because the economist are saying we no longer have a middle class. Thanks to both you for your timely, important .conversation.
My grandmother lived through the 06' quake in S.F., WWI, the Spanish flu, the Depression, WWII and worked as a book keeper for Blake Moffet and Towne Paper co. in S.F. as a widow. My mom went to work as a bank teller for B of A when she was 15. She had 8 kids, first 4 she was raising on her own when my step dad came along and made 4 more. He worked as an electrician, blue collar. But my grandma invested, my mom kept those investments when my grandma died, and when my mom died a millionaire after hard work, savings and smart investing she was able to pass along to her 8 kids a chunk of change.
The way it's been through most of history and the 14 generations my ancestors have been on the continent.
I worked all my life doing things I leaned skills to do at home before I graduated HS.
I can build a house by myself, and have done so more than a few times.
Education and skills, savings, not credit.
Grandma said NEVER borrow money to buy a car or a house. She SAVED and paid cash for hers. I have never made a car loan.
And here's a tid bit, if you don't need credit, defaulting on your student loan will result in you not paying a collection agency and guess what there's no debtors prison. Ask trump.
I have no credit, and no credit debt.
There are ways and then there are ways.
There are, to me, two facets to a living wage. The first is that it provides enough money to sustain my lifestyle in my city of my state.. which brings us to the second, we should not have to spend 2/3rds or more of our waking life AT WORK just to survive. I also live in Ohio, I need about 2000 a month to live comfortably with enough left for "emergencies", such as an oil change.
I am fifty three. I do not have a career, I did not even lose out on that for anything dire; no drug or alcohol problems, no injuries just choices and limited opportunities, I did have ongoing mental health issues.. the "usual" ones of the modern age; depression, anxiety and often to actually crippling degree. Lastly, COVID... I was on the literal cusp of finding that balance; I had a good job at a good company that maintained a good balance of work and life, the dreamt of four day work week with solid pay and sensible benefits.. and then COVID closed it down and they had to let us go. I had to MOVE to another state in the middle of the pandemic and it took everything I had rebuilt, I literally had to leave behind nearly everything I owned, unrecoverably and I am still fighting to back to it.. old, tired, scared and heart sick... I am tired of getting kicked down and right now, I can barely get myself on my feet at all.
The system is broken, and we need a change. Now.
If you can't afford to pay your workers, you can't afford to be in business. Small businesses are important, but causing the worker to suffer because you don't have enough profit to pay your laborers is unethical.
Living wage has not kept up with inflation there for buying a house is a dream that most of us will not accomplish
yep. you have to be rich to afford a home.
Can't wait to hear millionaires on the news talk about a living wage as if they have any idea.
it makes my blood boil.
$18 is a livable wage in my opinion but you need to work 40+ hours a week and be single.
@@Mogardie that isn't livable if you don't have health insurance or have it but it has crazy high deductibles.
And not everyone can work 40 hours.
If the business owner paid more and reduced turnover, the overhead costs would decrease. I don't get why this is so lost on people these days. Employee satisfaction will keep people around, if they're financially stressed they will be less productive and go to a higher paying job.
4:23 no. Everyone deserves a living wage. Period. End of sentence. We don’t need to qualify work between jobs. The surgeon cannot work with out the anesthesiologist, the nurse, CNA, engineer, housekeeper, anyone in the whole “ecosystem.” We all depend on each other. We should all be respected enough to be have a home, healthcare, food on the table and clothing. Those are basic needs.
I don't know why people hold that over other peoples head for leverage. Like I can make you starve so serve me.
This was a good one. I still think the Yang plan is the most well thought-out we've gotten.
A living wage for me is 100k a year. Anything less is poverty!
Sounds like you should move then?
Why? I already make more than 100k
$115k a year is a living wage imo but yes $100k is the minimum in my mind too
Can we just call inflation what it really is...GREED...Most states still have tipped wage earners at 2.13 an hour...my God it was that amount 20 years ago. If nobody forces the government to raise federal minimums especially for tipped workers.. then the states won't do it themselves...ITS CRIMINAL.. THAT BUSINESSES CAN STILL PAY 2.13 AN HOUR TO TIPPED WORKERS.
I was blessed to have a job I loved for 37 years, retired at 54 to take care of my parents. Turning 62 this year and starting S.S. and I will be ok now with 2 checks a month after taking a huge paycheck of over half when I retired. First in my family on either side to retire with a pension, all anyone has ever had is S.S. and it's not enough, was sending my parents money before I retired and have been helping ever since. In the home stretch now, 1st check in October🎃
really glad they interviewed someone in Cleveland. its really hard out here and employers dont care
Depends what you consider living.
If you’re cool living in your car and eating fast food and bulk candy, you can probably get by on minimum wage.
If you want to sleep on a couch in someone’s living room and have some fruits or vegetables in your diet, you’re gonna need to lie your way into a management level position.
If you want to have your own room and be able to eat out on once or twice a year, you’re gonna need one of them fancy union jobs.
If you want to want to own your own home and shop at a grocery store, you’re gonna wanna start an onlyfans.
If you want to retire some day, you need to find a way to win a major lawsuit against someone with money (human or corporation will do)
America is the land of opportunity. Good luck!
P.S. it goes without saying that you will not be able to afford having kids unless you can find a way to monetize their childhood (maybe try turning them into instagram stars?)
Much easier being an illegal: free housing, free food, free medical, free cell phone.
You should be paid for this insightful comment! 🎯Unfortunately I’m about to lose my rommmate and can’t spare anything 😢
Sad kids today don't learn any skills before they leave home other than playing video games.
I own my own home on my farm in Hawaii and paid cash for it. When I was in my 40's. Hmmm
Nowhere in your "insight" did you mention skills or education.
Some people can’t live in their car because the law won’t allow them too. I remember people living in their car getting harassed by police 😊
Living in a car on candy isn’t the demographic of a 40 hour a week minimum wage earner….lol the point of working full time hours is the gage for a living wage
I think there should be a regulation that creates minimum percentage of profit, to use toward employees for companies that're making over a million each year.that way it could create a balance between advantage or disadvantage on both side. This way when business are booming employees will not be taken advantaged of, and when business sideways it won't apply to them heavily.
Implement the NFL model, 50% goes to employees, 50% to executives.
By the way, if that was implemented then workers at chic Fil A that make millions of dollars at each location would be paying their cashiers around $100,000/year.
That's really not possible under the Wall Street 2-Party Regime. We need to establish a workers' regime to make that happen.
Very smart, you are smarter that American politicians. That’s too sensible for them!
If you were successful in starting to create that idea eventually you would have an accident or die from a heart attack. Idea is good but they will never allow it for the general public. The only reason celebrities athletes make more it is because they entertain the masses and keep us from being fully aware. Dystopian world in disguise!
The housing market is the biggest problem you don’t need to get paid that much everything would cost less if you were able to control that
A single day’s salary for a top executive is enough to pay a whole year’s worth of a single worker’s salary. Let that marinate for a while…
What we need is a maximum wage, by eliminating the so called "socialism" of corporations (L.L.C.s), which don't pay any taxes or minimal, housing subsidies (tax break for owning a home), etc.. Unless there is a even playing field, there will never be the capitalism of the individual, which this country was founded on.
Unsaid here is also that ppl are working 3 PT jobs to accommodate shift flexibility mandated by corporate efficiency standards. No more reliable 8 hour shifts. If you aren’t actively productive, you don’t work. If the moment doesn’t call for active productivity, you better have another job/momentary gig lined up for those hours. Or you don’t eat. Or you’re on the street.
The bottom line is, businesses are going to have to concede defeat. Continuing like we have is simply unsustainable, because it’s only a matter of time until it gets so bad that we’re rioting in the streets. Either workers need to be paid more, or inflation needs to get under control. Both options means businesses need to give up money.
I’m not giving up on nothing. If you want what I have then build your own business.
No no no businesses will not and do not give up more of there money they earned it.if you want to live on what you earn then move and stop renting and go to a cheaper part of town even if it is not the best side of town and buy a house it is easy I'm homeless and pay hotel room all month and have to pay for car insurance and gas and maintenance on my car each month plus food and I still have some free money left over to go out a time or 2 a month I make only 10$ a hour and work only 40 hours and if I can afford all of that you people need to learn to live at your means and not above it
@@MamacitaBonitathe free market will make or you'll die out. He wasn't probably talking about billion dollar corporations but go ahead boost that ego
@@MamacitaBonitawe're coming for you and there's nothing you can do. You're done.
@@zila626 Except pay your employees a livable wage.
The worst part about this is all the predatory lending that trolls lower income people and then getting them stuck in a debt trap with crazy high interest rates and the only out is bankruptcy.
Yang has some good ideas. Too bad none of the status quo will go for it.
Love the piece on the minimum wage coverage. Thank you for showing this to the world.
You people are literally insane, an actual cancer that has metastasized and will soon overtake the patient. People are worth no more and no less than they are willing to voluntarily work for.
Realistic
Something doesnt add up - I worked at UPS and I was doing minimum $500 a week… and all my coworkers. $2k a month. Plus her gig work, she’s doing well over $2500 a month.
Currently work for UPS, not all centers are given the same hours, nor do they all pay the same. So if you're in a small town, with low volume your hours probably won't come close to making you $500 a week.
I am tired of small business owners being used to hold workers back. I am a small business owner and here is my interesting take. The more people are paid the more they can shop. If all that you can afford is food and utilities you certainly aren’t going to come shop at your local boutique. Lifting up the people at the bottom brings profit to all
Think for a second, it's the other way around. Wealthy people are the one's who can afford to shop. Stop taxing the wealthy and they will have more money to buy from small business owners such as yourself. Look up the "Trickle Down Effect"
@@DrSchorDid you just try and use trickle down as an argument?
This should be the main issue, the almost only issue, of voters today. But somehow we are supposed to give a crap about taxes on people so rich that it's actually more affordable for them to target donations where they see fit.
Almost only issue because nuke war isn't important.
The number one issue should be global warming. But sure, the issues related to the poor allocation or resources and taxpayer dollars is an important one. To call "poverty" the issue is a level of mental midgetry and oversimplification of larger frameworks that just leads the common man ignorant of what the questions really are or the issues that result from them.
All political issues are equally important. Anyway, politicans don't want a living wage because it gives too much bargaining power to workers.
My mother was on welfare most of my childhood and there was a time when I had to go food banks and had no health insurance as an adult. But I was always told throughout school that I was going to go to college and graduate which I did and after a few years I decided to become a teacher in the early 2000s. My salary is above 100k (finally).
i'm happy for you. The real political problem with welfare isn't the costs but the benefits. Poor people won't work for slave wages if they have government benefits.
It’s 2023 and now you make 100k since the year 2000. Most people can’t afford to wait that long. Sad because the U.S needs people who are passionate about teaching. To add the cherry on top without student loan forgiveness it doesn’t seem worth it economically.
@@scifirealism5943work will always pay more . It’s a huge misconception that people want to stay on benefits because there’s somehow paying them better than actual work , it’s absolutely not the case benefit. Sorry about 900 bucks a month. You can’t even rent an apartment for that , and you probably have to go through years of the application process , so yea , republicans think we can jus go into an office and walk out with a check , it never has worked like that
@@scifirealism5943I'm not sure if you're arguing for exploitation or illuminating it.
As a teacher you make over 100000 a year? You must not be a regular school teacher. Must be the few that are lucky and have a doctorate degree in teaching or at least a principal in a university or elite college. Most teachers wages average 60,000 a year that have experience. Entry level are about 46000 a year. Please elaborate what you teach.
For those of you who think Yang is the leader we need, keep in mind these ideas he offered in an interview in May 2020:
«er he suggested automating the jobs of fast-food workers, who would be embroiled in a local push for unionization just months later.
And during a show in June 2019, he said the Democratic Party “needs to try and gravitate away from identity politics,” calling it a “stupid way to try and win elections,” »
And January 2021:
«He also did not rule out charging city workers more toward their health care premiums in a policy questionnaire POLITICO sent to the mayoral candidates in January. “I am not inclined to balance our budget in this way, although I do understand that this is one of many options on the table,” »
April 2021
«By most standards, he does tack more moderate. He wants to grow some parts of the NYPD. He seeks corporate partners like JetBlue. And he discourages higher taxes on the wealthy.
“If you raise taxes at a level where people actually vote with their feet and also head to Florida, then you’re not serving the policy’s goal, which is generating revenue for the state or the city,” he told the pro-business Association for a Better New York.»
In addition, though, and to keep context
«At the same time, he proposes dropping tax breaks for the likes of Madison Square Garden and adopting NYPD reforms like a civilian commissioner and a city residency requirement in hiring.
“So you would have hundreds of off-duty officers walking around, which I think would actually improve the atmosphere and sense of public safety,” he said at the Met Council mayoral forum.»
Being in the medical field for over 20yrs. Working two jobs is the only the way to make it. Unless you are a Doctor, nurse practitioner, or Upper Management level you barely making it. Having my college degree and LPN certification you still don’t get paid enough. Having a college degree doesn’t mean anything anymore. It’s best to go to a vocational school and get a skill and work for yourself.
The potential benefits of a living wage: A living wage can have a number of benefits, including:
Reduced poverty: A living wage can help to reduce poverty by ensuring that people have the resources they need to meet their basic needs.
Improved health: A living wage can help to improve health by reducing stress and providing access to healthier foods and housing.
Increased productivity: A living wage can help to increase productivity by ensuring that workers are well-rested and healthy.
Ultimately, the amount of money that is considered a living wage is a complex issue with no easy answer. However, it is an important issue to consider, as it can have a significant impact on the lives of low-wage workers and their families.
Jokes on you, the gov. Wants poverty, look up "Its 2030, you will own nothing and be happpy" by the World Economic Forum.
except politicans have no desire to end poverty because, without it, corporations couldn't control workers.
A individual adult needs to make about $70,000 a year to make it on their own, kind of comfortably. Then if you count a family, $140,000 a year not including kids.
@@tigermedz You could earn that much at $8 an hour (rounded up to the cent) if you worked 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Universal Health Care. We can do better than this 'for profit' system and Insurance gouging.
except politicans are pocketed to deprive people of healthcare.
Hey, here's a thought, if business owners want wages to stop rising, readjust prices to fit with the minimum wage? Yeah, the business owners will make less, but they'll in turn fix cost of living and in turn no longer have to deal with increasing wages (because if prices fit within the minimum wage, it means more accessibility).
exactly.
we do adjust them to the min wage. thats why they keep going up when its raised dumbazz.
Never forget that the ideal worker in the eyes of the owners is a slave, and they would still complain about upkeep costs.
3:48 Her living wage is just barely paying the rent. It's not owning a home. It's just surviving. It's a wonder Americans aren't running for international borders, as economic refugees.
She's also working like 20 hours a week. She should work more
@@Jeremy10000which she are you talking about?
@@sparklemotion86click the time stamp in his comment. Immediately preceding
They dont because the border police of other countries would shoot us dead
My paycheck went a lot farther 4 years ago
chicken went up $2 under trump. 40 cents under biden, so far. either way the kroger exec is rich and laughing at us both. porsche or beach house? both.
2:59 Why is this news? She's working only 20 hours a week and able to pay her bills... That would be impossible in previous generations.
Yeah idk if that’s her gross or net (after tax) income though
@@0IIIIII "taxes" good point. And even if taxes were 30% (unlikely) she's still working less than 33hrs/week.
what I don't see people talking about is that the majority of common easily accessible jobs that make up the majority of the workforce *may* pay $15, $17, $20 an hour, but only offer 5-10 hours a week. people tell me all the time "Go work at Target they are starting at $20 an hour" while every person there only gets one shift a week except the managers and supervisors. $15 is great, but at 10 hours a week that's only $150 a week or less than $8000 a year. I walked out of at least 20 interviews after I asked them how many hours a week would I get. every job that I have worked at had their employees begging for more hours, while the employer tries to keep them at 5-10 hours a week and requires open availability making it harder to get 8 jobs to get that 40 hours a week lol, $15 means nothing without actual hours worked. I worked for stores that only had 15 employees, except the manager and supervisor who got 40 hours a week, the rest of us got 10 hours a week, or around $6000 a year, collectively excluding the managers is around 90k paid out to the employees a year in wages, 60,000 in rent and utilities to run the place, 80-95% markup on the items, a 5million dollar a year store, so roughly 4.2million dollars profit from one store out of a chain of 800 every year, *couldn't afford to pay us more*, having us at 40 hours a week STILL would have put the store around 4million bucks a year in profit yet nope, can't do it.
Then you have the people who say "Then find a better job", there are only so many "better jobs" out there, 50 million people just can't get up from their crappy job and just get handed one, it is not that easy and if it was possible the stores that 'run America would all collapse, no retail, no food, no gas stations, gone. I have a degree, I have a work history, and many skills, yet usually, the ones who get these 'better jobs' are often handed to them because they know someone in the industry while the 1000 qualified people who went for it have to start looking again. but what people need to redirect their attention is to why the jobs aren't paying their people, they can afford to do so they are just greedy, minimal wage jobs are not just for 'extra cash' they are "minimum wage for survival" $1000 rent, $200 car payment, $500 utilities/bills/gas, $400 food for the month, I dont even know how much health insurance is because I could never afford it, but that would be roughly 14$ an hour at 40 a week, more for health insurance so around $2100 a month, its hard finding a job that will just pay $800 a month. I usually worked and slept in my car for the longest time. but i know some places increased their rent, in our area many one-room apartments are $1500 now, i bought a cheap car but many get a $400 a month payment, if i want to live a decent food budget $100 a week (i can get it down to $10 if needed) but I know many who do $200 a week.
luckily I was able to turn one of my skills into profit this year so, no longer trapped working for people anymore and est an income of around 50k a year, thankfully. i know so many people consider me "broke" but if you live within your means 50k a year would make me rich.
Agree with everything you sais. They have been playing the "hours" game for years now. If you make $50 an hour, what good is it if you are only getting 1 hour a week.
As a life long resident of York Pa you got it right. This is why nearly all of Southern York residents are employees of baltimore, Washington DC and northern VA.
Started in the 70's the declining steel mill jobs then accelerating in the 80's and 90's millions of good paying lost jobs this was the down fall of America now slave labor wages and only going to get worse.Now we have educated overpaid morons
There is a very simple answer to this question : A single person working a full time job of 40 hours per week should be paying no more than 33% of their take home pay for cost of living , ( rent , utilities , groceries ) . Each State should set Minimum Wage under these guide lines .
great diea and see how fast costs of living goes up
I serve food daily each month at a homeless shelter. They have some residents with jobs but unable to move out soon due to the job not paying enough. A few have actual college degrees too.
Great piece. Thank you!
Welfare needs to be seriously rethinked so it doesn’t punish people for improving their situation
Too bad no one cares..
As someone who worked as a printer for 10 years and understands the markup and labor costs....that guy could most definitely afford to pay his workers more. What a jerk.
The simple solution is to gut CEO, COO, and corporate executives salaries. Yes, they run the company to make sure it doesn't sink but you can't ignore all the gears and manpower that enables said ship to stay a float.
"How do people feel,He says." I can tell you how ,I feel. That no matter what job you have, that person should be paid enough money to take care of them selfies and there family, raise there kids, and the leaders should make sure of this.
And get an education... "of them selfies and there family, raise there kids" themselves* and THEIR families and THEIR kids... education = mo money.
@@punapeteragree. Education is a good thing to have... But when yiu tack on a 50,000 bill at 300+ a month on top of your let's say 1500 one bedroom not included utility's , 150+ car insurance, if yiur lucky to OWN a car good for you if not? The a Extra 300+ on car payments WHICH if that's the case then change car insurance to 200+ and all this just adds up to the point where.... Why bother? Even trade schools are starting to be luxury. Yes you can get around these obstacles with luck but those are far and few.
i agree.
if your small business can't afford workers (and workers need a livable wage) then maybe your business does not deserve to survive. it's simply not good enough to survive
You don't want what you're talking about. You do not want a country where very few are willing to start businesses due to having to pay high wages off rip.
Why you think business owners get so many tax breaks? They are the foundation of an economy. What you're talking about would destroy the economy
ah so she flat out says she wont work because they will lose her gov. handouts. AND THATS THE PROBLEM
There’s a difference between living and surviving…
Living wage is the minimum amount of money for a working person to be a productive and contributing member of society. If we follow what FDR established and kept it in stride with inflation, it would be $67 per hour right now, thank Regan and Nixon for killing that. A living wage right now is $37 per hour for the average person in the USA. Rent is about $1,100 renters insurance $100 per month electric $150 water $90 internet $90 food $500 9the just groceries, not going out to eat). The place you’re renting requires you to have an income of 4 times what rent is.
Suffice it to say the Republicans need to get their heads out of their a$$es before all the Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z start the next revolutionary war and force all the idiots out of office. History has shown us that is the only way to get things to change for the better.
A Living Wage should be implemented, BUT for Small Businesses, they should get some Government Assistance to help cover that.
And PRICE CAPS on necessities (rent, food, utilities, etc / Verified Quality tho should have different allowable price increases or decreases)
~ Also Universal Wi-Fi Option
so you want socialism?
@@punapeter We have a small amount of what you call 'socialism' already. If we had universal medical coverage it would be rough at first but for so many it would take a burden off. The savings the country would get from people actually being able to work (not worrying about medical care) and not put them on full governmental assistance would save us on taxes.
@@Ralph_Beckman Because more people would be in the workforce and put more money in instead of having to limit hours and losing benefits. More hours worked = more taxes paid in for healthcare. The wealthy and corporations should be taxed fairly also.
@@Ralph_BeckmanIt is okay, we can simply ignore the fact most other countries have a universal healthcare system and said countries citizens pay significantly less on healthcare than those in the US. I know you have not and will not do any research on the matter, so we can continue to ignore it.
@@Ralph_Beckman China, India, technically not a country but the entire continent of Europe minus a rare exception.
Trying to use population as an example was an interesting decision when I could have just said China and India to answer your question. But maybe you forgot the part that has a population of roughly 350 mil people and despite that there are over 8bil people in the world, almost all of which have a universal healthcare system.
The first lady - If you take 1500 and divide it by her lowest wage, She is working about 22.5 hours a week.
21:12 the economy doesn't run on small businesses, it runs on workers. Anything that prioritizes workers is a win for the economy in the long run
Not in Texas! Texas is $7.25 the Federal min. Texas has no mandatory taxes on Labor. Only the Federal min.
It's still 7.25 in Texas??? I remember living in arizona and being 7 or 8 like over 5 yrs ago.
I worked in Texas from 2021-2023. They will literally pay you nothing to break your back. I left.
@@damn_it_janet215 Liberals are dumb. The more you make, the more Federal Taxes you have to pay.
Texas has NO mandatory taxes on Labor. No State Income Tax or Health Ins. And State Unemployment Ins, Workman Comp, Employer Health insurance, Union Dues, all can be opted out! So all an Employee is required to pay is Federal Taxes.
That's why everything is so cheap in Texas. Unlike California gas is $7 a gallon. Texas is $2.95
There's less government and welfare cases to support. And when you make less there is less Federal Taxes to pay too. While California you make more but you are also paying more Federal Income Taxes too for a lower standard of living.
@@damn_it_janet215 Which would you rather have:
Make $100k and keep $20k,
Or make $50k and keep $30k?
@@user-is5vw4jt6w there's different ways of taxing anyone. You're just spewing out taxing propaganda