2007-09-28 12:33:22 · 12 answers · asked by Iliana A 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
$5.85 per hour Federal. In Albuquerque It's $6.75 this year,goes up to $7.10 the next,$7.20 in 2009! It varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction though-out the country!
2007-09-28 14:13:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't work, that is the bottom line.
Where I live as an ex pat from the USA is they have a minimum wage system set up that is based on regional costs of living rather then a one size fits all communist philosophy system the USA has. Currently, not all area's are covered under their minimum wage system, but as time goes forward, more and more are being brought into that system.
Minimum wage, is of course there to guarantee that a person has at least a bare subsistence wage. In a place like a small town in Mississippi it may work, but in a place like San Francisco, it is impossible. Albeit, no one works for minimum wage in SF, nevertheless, there are millions in the USA who are and have less then a bare subsistence wage.
The country I live in now is China
Peace
Jim
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2007-09-28 12:40:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's a socialist policy adopted by numerous countries that forces businesses to pay employees at least a certain amount of money per hour. when the minimum wage gets raised, inevitably some low wage earners will get laid off in cost saving maneuvers, but the ones who get to keep their job will make slightly more. it's a trade off. very few people work for minimum wage, however, meaning much more is made of the issue than it deserves. minimum wage jobs are stepping stone jobs for those entering the workforce for the first time, i.e. teenagers.
2007-09-28 12:39:33 · answer #3 · answered by White 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Minimum wage is the least amount of money a person get's paid when they are working. They vary in each country. It really depends. In Canada, it's 9, 10 dollars. In US it's around 5.85 dollars. Some countrys have it as mountly minimum.
2007-09-28 12:38:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Minimum wage is what should drive all young people to continue their education and improve themselves! Because earning minimum wage as an adult is dead-end.
2007-09-28 12:37:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Cuba is two cents an hour
In Mexico is 50 cents an hour
In USA is 7 dlls an hour
In Greenland is 70 dlls an hour.
2007-09-28 12:41:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An idiotic regulation stating that the government should be able to tell private business owners how much they must pay employees. It would seem if they were not paying people enough money, then they would either have to pay them more money or lose employees and go out of business.
2007-09-28 12:37:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is terribly unconstitution (at least when implemented by the federal government) and around 6.75 dollars per hour.
2007-09-28 12:36:15 · answer #8 · answered by tarzanmanofthejungle 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
min wage is illegal, and any adult earning it made a whole life of bad decisions if they need to make more and cant
2007-09-28 13:29:40 · answer #9 · answered by francis g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
around 7 dola.
2007-09-28 12:35:23 · answer #10 · answered by cpd85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋