tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post717821971633619543..comments2023-08-18T03:02:44.979-05:00Comments on Illinois Issues blog: Minimum wage increase proposedIllinois Issues Statehouse bureauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17857188978913308313noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-8341385815542114212012-07-09T21:18:14.413-05:002012-07-09T21:18:14.413-05:00I am a very hard working man of 24 an i have grown...I am a very hard working man of 24 an i have grown up in lower middle class an i had no choice to go to collage i had to get a job an support my brother an my mom who was working two jobs to keep a roof over our heads.. an i work for a tree service.. an i still only make 9.50 an hr so some of us didnt grow up in a fancey rich family .. so dont tell me i should have gone to school an that im doing somthin wrong with my life !! i realy work for a living an am still helping my mom.. i have friends who have went to school that are now unemployed so dont tell me i did somthing wrong!! If our congress or polititions would take a cut 5% cut in pay our problems would be solved !! talk about over Paid...see if they want to switch me jobs an pay for a week!!! i bet they`ll want a rais!!! and at least i have a job an not on unemployment !!<br /> THANK YOUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-29051481163500581352012-05-30T18:46:52.937-05:002012-05-30T18:46:52.937-05:00Businesses complain about having to pay a living w...Businesses complain about having to pay a living wage to their employees. Arrogant fools. Try to get along without us. YOU flip the burgers for a change and we'll start our OWN Burger Joint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-73764841161852518882012-05-29T06:49:11.581-05:002012-05-29T06:49:11.581-05:00Some of us don't have rich family that can hel...Some of us don't have rich family that can help us pay for our schooling ..and some time life.takes a different turn for usAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-35010020046418268272012-05-18T08:55:31.442-05:002012-05-18T08:55:31.442-05:00What a bunch of arrogant fools to think they can p...What a bunch of arrogant fools to think they can pass a law and create wealth! If it were possible the government would not be $16T in debt! Prices will go up and jobs will flee to other states and countries. The burger-flippers will still be at the bottom, there will just be fewer of them! If you want to earn more than you do as burger-flipper LEARN TO DO SOMETHING ELSE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-2963059988200708622012-05-11T08:40:44.410-05:002012-05-11T08:40:44.410-05:00I work in the food industry at a small restaurant....I work in the food industry at a small restaurant. When minimum wage goes up two things happen. Hours get cut and prices go up. It is a necessity. It is not so that the owner gets rich but so that he can stay open. Small businesses are barely scraping by and this will be a final nail in many coffins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-80328678840033065642012-04-05T13:48:36.442-05:002012-04-05T13:48:36.442-05:00You know I don't think it would hurt anyone to...You know I don't think it would hurt anyone to see some of the useless companies go out of business. What do you need to spend your money like that anyway, put it to a better use. Americans buy a lot of extra junk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-49749071957535083772012-02-16T16:58:09.815-06:002012-02-16T16:58:09.815-06:00minimum wage must not increase because I am on top...minimum wage must not increase because I am on top of the wage scale and only presently making $4 an hour more than minimum wage now!<br />They need to bump everybodies salary to keep up!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-63460539947964464632012-02-12T17:22:57.943-06:002012-02-12T17:22:57.943-06:00Minimum wage increase only hurts the middle class ...Minimum wage increase only hurts the middle class that have worked years for pay raises and then get taken right back down. Rich politicians just dont get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-85397549706217400262011-11-25T10:41:15.214-06:002011-11-25T10:41:15.214-06:00It doesn't matter how much they raise minimum ...It doesn't matter how much they raise minimum wage. It only makes a difference for the first two weeks of the change. After the first two weeks, the businesses raise their prices to the point that increase in minimum wage didn't make the slightest difference.<br /> Restaurants will raise the price of each of their meals by at least a dollar because of the rise in minimum wage. So where is the benefit to the minimum wage workers. You want this to make a differnce, convince businesses to not raise their prices every time minimum wage goes up, or it won't make a difference at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-12749632339471204182011-10-09T11:54:34.272-05:002011-10-09T11:54:34.272-05:00Is easy to say but its hard to do?
If you go back...Is easy to say but its hard to do?<br /> If you go back to school. It will affect all your jobs. You know what I'm working almost three jobs.<br />Fulltime, Partime and weekend oncall.<br />Pay mortgage, one creditcard, and all basicbills at the house. foods, carinsurance, and cargas and etc.<br />five hours a day, have sleep. sometime i have no social-life<br />Thank you so much to all. I'm still survived. God Bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-62475800089522948812011-10-01T09:10:38.263-05:002011-10-01T09:10:38.263-05:00I love how some people are saying "What about...I love how some people are saying "What about me?" Or "What about the employees?" or "I can't live off of $8.25" -- If you're a grown man or woman, and you're earning only 8.25 per hour, or even $10. YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING SEVERELY ***WRONG*** IN YOUR LIFE!!!! Go back to school (even part time), learn a trade, get off your butt and change your situation, don't expect the world to change for you all of the time! Less payroll hrs availability = less jobs = less money FOR YOU!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841090983580323936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-9145541743774441272011-08-26T08:57:23.331-05:002011-08-26T08:57:23.331-05:00Reality?? I know it would suck for most employers...Reality?? I know it would suck for most employers but what about the employees??? i am a single mom and make $10 an hr, it is still very tight and hard to make it, even if i was single there is no way $8.25 an hr is going to pay ALL your household bills, let alone Insurance, food, Medical bills, gas, etc. So I definitely think it should be raised at least a little.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-91507267294399765162011-02-15T17:33:27.557-06:002011-02-15T17:33:27.557-06:00I don't know too much about economics,but I kn...I don't know too much about economics,but I know enough to say "that the rich will get richer,and the poor,or lower class will get further in debt".Something needs to be done,and quickly.I heard it in a song where it stated"tell me why we call this a free country when it cost so much to live"!People say that the end of the world as we know it is drawing near!As for my opinion,I believe that to be true.No one will be able to afford the things that they want,or need so society will resort to whatever means to acquire their necessities in life !!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-67476826867772111652011-02-14T20:22:15.933-06:002011-02-14T20:22:15.933-06:00Here is reality. I run a business with a payroll ...Here is reality. I run a business with a payroll of $2.5 million. The bottom wage is $8.25. If the proposed increase goes through and my payroll can only stand a 3% per year increase then I have to cut $500,000 in jobs by 2014 or close.<br />Adjusting inflation to the original 1938 minimum of $.25 per hour brings it up to about $3.80 today. Thank God it is not adjusted to inflation and we can pay $8.25 plus. This increase would hurt plenty of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23816706.post-9142583914440528492011-02-10T20:08:19.541-06:002011-02-10T20:08:19.541-06:00the minimum wage increase was great for my teenage...the minimum wage increase was great for my teenage son nad the new employees that i hired this year, but as i have held my job for over 5 years and there was no increase for me, i may as well had aa pay cut! when the min wage went up so fast, buisnesses had to up their prices to compensate, and so i was making less to buy the same things(food, rent, electric)raising minimum wage again, especially now, will hurt everyone! because if buisnesses up their prices again, and they will, the people making minimum wage will not be getting ahead!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com