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Cite a source please. I have heard this but have never seen a source. I believe Roosevelt said something along the lines of business that depend on paying less

Cite a source please. I have heard this but have never seen a source. I believe Roosevelt said something along the lines of business that depend on paying less than a living wage do not have the right to exist or something. A simple search brought that up. Can you cite a source that is contemporary to when minimum wage was established?

scarface74 8y ago
So how much should my 16 year old and his friends get paid for making pizza?
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- sundaeofshock 8y ago
  At least the prevailing minimum wage in your community.
- spinach 8y ago
  Is there not a different minimum wage for students/young people where you live? Or different brackets of minimum wage?
  - scarface74 8y ago
    No. If there were, wouldn’t that cause discrimination against older workers who actually needed the money to support their family?
- ecshafer 8y ago
  This is not a good argument, since most people in restaurants are not 16 year olds and their friends making extra cash. Most restaurant and fast food workers are not teenagers, they are open during the day afterall. The average age is in the 30s.
  - scarface74 8y ago
    Well let me restate, how much should anyone get paid for flipping burgers? There was an article posted recently that that the average income of a 7-11 owner was less than $40K a year and just to get that most owners are working in their stores. Small business owners are not getting rich. The other argument I hear is if they can’t afford to pay more the store shouldn’t exist. Which is funny coming from a site where many of the posters work for non profitable VC backed companies.
    - p1necone 8y ago
      At least enough to pay for food, transport and a roof over their head with enough left over to cover emergencies etc. Are you trying to imply that they shouldn't make that?
      - scarface74 8y ago
        And if the company can’t afford to do that and stay in business should they not exist? If so, what does that say about all of the VC funded money losing companies?
- Dylan16807 8y ago
  If 8 hours a week, then 1/5 of a livable wage. If 20 hours a week, then half of a livable wage. There's no reason a 16 year old making pizza should get less than a 26 year old making pizza.

scarface74 8y ago

So how much should my 16 year old and his friends get paid for making pizza?

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sundaeofshock 8y ago
At least the prevailing minimum wage in your community.
spinach 8y ago
Is there not a different minimum wage for students/young people where you live? Or different brackets of minimum wage?
- scarface74 8y ago
  No. If there were, wouldn’t that cause discrimination against older workers who actually needed the money to support their family?
ecshafer 8y ago
This is not a good argument, since most people in restaurants are not 16 year olds and their friends making extra cash. Most restaurant and fast food workers are not teenagers, they are open during the day afterall. The average age is in the 30s.
- scarface74 8y ago
  Well let me restate, how much should anyone get paid for flipping burgers? There was an article posted recently that that the average income of a 7-11 owner was less than $40K a year and just to get that most owners are working in their stores. Small business owners are not getting rich. The other argument I hear is if they can’t afford to pay more the store shouldn’t exist. Which is funny coming from a site where many of the posters work for non profitable VC backed companies.
  - p1necone 8y ago
    At least enough to pay for food, transport and a roof over their head with enough left over to cover emergencies etc. Are you trying to imply that they shouldn't make that?
    - scarface74 8y ago
      And if the company can’t afford to do that and stay in business should they not exist? If so, what does that say about all of the VC funded money losing companies?
Dylan16807 8y ago
If 8 hours a week, then 1/5 of a livable wage. If 20 hours a week, then half of a livable wage. There's no reason a 16 year old making pizza should get less than a 26 year old making pizza.