"It doesn't have to be this way" should be the new motto of the US.

@mynameazeus4331

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@ZachariahMBaird

4 жыл бұрын

Except with freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to self defense, having the biggest economy on Earth, having the best medical care on Earth for those who want to pay for better care, the most natural beauty, and protecting the safety and freedom of all 7.7 billion people on Earth today as best we can without infringing on the rights of other sovereign governments.

@gryphonavocatio

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZachariahMBaird cool story, bro. Tell it again.

@niels3028

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZachariahMBaird I found the part about not infringing the rights of other sovereign governments quite funny.

@ruben21cr98

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZachariahMBaird yeah, y'all remember when the U.S crashed a satellite on mars due to the imperial system

How to solve most problems in the world: "maybe we shouldn't let politicians deal with It"

@zenniz1992

4 жыл бұрын

" I want all the benefit and the government should take care of all the problems that comes with the benefit. "

@austinduong-van6071

4 жыл бұрын

​@@zenniz1992 I mean, yeah

@FletchforFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

@@zenniz1992 Sadly, I think it's more like "I want the government to 'guarantee' stuff and I don't really care what problems result - or even enough to find out what they are - if I think I'm getting what I want or it makes me feel better."

@steffenjensen422

3 жыл бұрын

No you just need better politicians. But what do you even expect when one party constantly tries to make it's own government not work anymore and the other is like 70% bought by rich people

@yermum6287

3 жыл бұрын

Then who would solve it?

If your employer pays minimum wage, just know that your employer would pay you less if it wasn't illegal.

@chinggiskhan6678

2 жыл бұрын

Just unionize lol

@wayneb1597

2 жыл бұрын

You have a choice, you can refuse employment if the job doesn't offer the wage you think you're worth.

@jashpaper8370

2 жыл бұрын

@@wayneb1597 and if every job offers you garbage pay then what....

@specimenlarry6068

2 жыл бұрын

@@jashpaper8370 start your own business.

@FletchforFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

Except, of course, that claim is pure, unadulterated ignorance. Minimum wage laws have never either raised pay levels or prevented them from falling. In the (abundantly evident) competitive market for labor it is actually impossible to underpay workers. In the absence of a minimum wage, no one currently employed would make less and thse that are rendered effectively unemployable by the minimum would be able to work for only slightly less, gaining job skills and experience making it possible for them to quickly move up. Pay levels are determined in the marketplace at the full value of the labor services provided. Anyone who doesn't want to make "garbage pay" needs to improve their skill level to the point that their labor services are *worth* more than "garbage pay".

America: “We’re proud to say that our minimum wage is just like it was 60 years ago.”

@Clan_AlbertheGrey

2 жыл бұрын

@Porcupine like both will do anything.

@FletchforFreedom

2 жыл бұрын

America (in the real world): "We're proud to say we have among the highest paid workers in the world, where workers have never been better compensated in history, where poverty has fallen to record lows and where the "poor" live better than the middle class in nearly every other country in the world."

@ryw00d

2 жыл бұрын

@Porcupine no way unless it’s management

@christopherkraft1376

2 жыл бұрын

Either that or no one wants to work there so they keep raising it

@glleesqwerty6402

2 жыл бұрын

This claim is compleatly true. This is mainly because it is supposed to be like this. The minimum wage is at the same value as what it was, but at a higher dollar amount. I don't understand the problem with this. Just because you were shown a graph at the begining showing it going up does it make people angry because the graph changed?

Maybe if you pay the politicians minimum wage too, something might change then.

@viddykhaos2896

3 жыл бұрын

haha yep

@lazarus8453

3 жыл бұрын

the problem is when you increase minimum wage inflation increases so increasing minumum wage is not our solution for our problem

@FletchforFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

@@hyabusa1 it's like you were clueless enough to believe the video. That would just create a permanent unemployable class.

@FletchforFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

@@hyabusa1 Like I said, clueless. So, Captain Non Sequitur, where did you get the asinine notion that anything I said implied a lack of either unemployment or a lack of a minimum wage in this country? Perhaps you should ask the nurse to adjust the dosage to act on the inappropriate laughter. The fact is that minimum wage laws have demonstrably never done anything but harm to workers, resulting only in disemployment (cuts in hours, benefits and training and outright job loss). You would just make that permanent for some people. How compassionate of you!

@SLauGHTeRHaHa

3 жыл бұрын

except that'll just make them more prone to corruption

"What the US gets wrong about minimum wage" so just about everything

@doctercali5234

4 жыл бұрын

Argentum 47 ok.....

@GlobalPenguin2012

4 жыл бұрын

hey its me jop the answer is pretty much everything. That’s what happens when we elect imbeciles into congress

@kriswilldoo6042

4 жыл бұрын

Every time raising the minimum wage came up in the 70s they checked to see where minorities was on growth and literally got scared that blacks would out work whites which with combined income of both parents will be considered middle class. And that was not allowed! The truths are the main reason we to this day run from common sense laws is do to racism and the fear of blacks moving next door. Smdh this is why im voting for trump! With help from russia we can bring this country down to restart it on a level of equality.

@illford6921

4 жыл бұрын

@@kriswilldoo6042 OK not eveyone is scared of black people

@kriswilldoo6042

4 жыл бұрын

@@illford6921 im only talking about proven data to the contrary. Its literally why the minimum wage wasn't raised. Just research.. The same for drug laws,prison ect. The USA government has been at war with black people and our laws are only against them. Its just a fact sorry.

There's no minimum wage in my country, yet what people get paid at minimum is higher than most of these countries

@hithere5553

3 жыл бұрын

Strong worker unions.

@Ahaggah

2 жыл бұрын

Unionized worker salaries go brr

@snopy1741

2 жыл бұрын

@snarl banarl Denmark, Switzerland, Finland

@clup3136

2 жыл бұрын

@@hithere5553 A non-politizied Union that bargains with the shareholders or CEOs may help. But what _really_ increases wages with no side effects is _an increase_ in *productivity* (investing in the tools and machines that the workers use). In most places and times, (political) Unions have forced business to increase salaries without taking care of the presence or abscence of productivity improvements: damaging workers on the long run.

@hithere5553

2 жыл бұрын

@@clup3136 if wages kept up with productivity the minimum wage would be well over $25/hour in America.

Please make a series called "What the US gets wrong about...."

@PD-ss6qb

3 жыл бұрын

Everything. Literally name anything and the US has done it wrong

@drewstaser9726

2 жыл бұрын

@@PD-ss6qb We are very skilled and overthrowing governments and then leaving a power vacuum in that country. So...we are good at something

@gus7814

2 жыл бұрын

That's basically what John Oliver is doing. 8 seasons later and they still haven't run out of stuff to talk about.

@drewstaser9726

2 жыл бұрын

Omg this comment has unfortunately aged perfectly

@internetperson9813

2 жыл бұрын

@@PD-ss6qb Helping large corporations make money?

The US is like an Instagram influencer who appears to have the perfect life but in real life is using credit cards to pay other credit cards, and still asks its parents for gas money.

@bvegannow1936

3 жыл бұрын

End minimum wage to reduce prices

@dq8262

3 жыл бұрын

@@bvegannow1936 Are you delusional?

@bow0540

3 жыл бұрын

It's mom (Britain) be like:👁👄👁

@robbieaulia6462

3 жыл бұрын

Little bro (canada) be like: "look mom I got an A+ today"

@daraquesto2277

3 жыл бұрын

@@bvegannow1936 Bad idea

Minimum wage. Employer : I would pay you less but it’s against the law

@fine1298

4 жыл бұрын

*You are worth much less than that, I'd be better off getting a more experienced employee so you will never get this wage!

@NyalBurns

4 жыл бұрын

... so I’m going to our source your job to China or Africa

@jamesl9371

4 жыл бұрын

Nyal Burns yes because for you making money 💰 is more important than people or society. You’re a beautiful human being. Karma will get you. Look at Epstein

@NyalBurns

4 жыл бұрын

James Lade what are you saying

@brwi1

4 жыл бұрын

Employee: If you don’t offer more I’ll find another job

USA: Earth's Florida

@cowboygeg

3 жыл бұрын

And we've already got real Florida too, it truly can't get any worze

@aliteralpothole9205

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget russia

@tyaz6556

3 жыл бұрын

This comment didnt load for a second and I was so confused

@EpicFoXD333

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@kcoup1626

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha this is amazing

That would be great for Americans. Have a living wage, when I was in america I saw people make 30k a year with no insurance, no paid leave, no parental leave, or sick leave, that is sad to see the most powerful country. No powerful Americans 😔😢

@armandoruiz8758

3 жыл бұрын

WE ARE U.S. CITIZENS. CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE UNITED STATES IS A COUNTRY BUT AMERICA ITS NOT A COUNTRY AMERICA ITS A CONTINENT. THE WHOLE ENTIRE CONTINENT WAS NAME AMERICA 269 YEARS WAY BEFORE THE UNITED STATES BECAME A NATION.

@joesullivan3400

3 жыл бұрын

It's sad you think your free having someone tell you can have the day off. If you don't work than nothing gets done.

@user-lm8wv4gv6r

3 жыл бұрын

@@joesullivan3400 people still need days off to rest

@joesullivan3400

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-lm8wv4gv6r you earn time off by getting your work done first. When you work for someone your whole life and have to bargain for days off when you want time off, than you are not free.

@ElectronicsForFun

2 жыл бұрын

cool it with your entitled attitude. all of the things you have listed are commodities not rights. those people either choose to work those trash jobs because they're lazy, or don't possess the skills to get a good paying job. nobody has a right to good pay and benefits.

I agree, the minimum wage must be determined by economic officials and not politicians.

@mrbyzantine0528

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta make sure politicians don't appoint those economic officials.

@krystalphan8871

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrbyzantine0528 true

@beef-jerky

4 жыл бұрын

For Once, Vox actually has a good political video, still needs work but they're doing better

@TyKOmain

4 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure you’re ready for that. 43% of economists don’t think there should be a minimum wage and 83% of economist see minimum wage increases as hurting unskilled laborers.

@NWinnVR

4 жыл бұрын

Even if we started raising it by inflation I don't see how that wont just make inflation go up faster in turn. making the minimum have to go up making the inflation go up... And so on, how is that any better? If anything that would be worse.

"It is a crime to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages." -MLK Jr.

@actanonverba3041

4 жыл бұрын

Jonh Smith billionaires like jeff bezos have produced near nothing in hard labor

@SuhailGanondorf1999Singh

4 жыл бұрын

Jonh Smith if you're born poor, you'll end up going to worse schools due to schools being funded by property taxes. If you end up going to a worse school, you end up learning less. Learning less means that you can't get into a good college if you can even get into college. That means your college degree is worth less and you won't be offered the same jobs as those from better colleges.

@somatia350

4 жыл бұрын

Jonh Smith “why can’t people just BUY money??!!?”

@isaact3794

4 жыл бұрын

@Jonh Smith first of all, you spelled john wrong, second of all that is the most basic name I've ever heard

@FletchforFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

Okay, so King, a great warrior against bigotry, was an economic illiterate. So? And that Jeff Bezos didn't engage in "hard labor" has no relevance to the enormous amount of value he created (including the opportunities that allow some 800,000 American workers to make their lives better).

Any business that depends on minimum wage to generate revenue or profits is a failure.

@Jenny-tm3cm

3 жыл бұрын

This 100%

@aceous99

3 жыл бұрын

yes but no

@asnmvet08

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, unless it’s a business that doesn’t require skilled workers. Too many people think minimum wage=living wage. If you’re a 35 year old single parent of 3 and you’re still working a minimum wage job, that’s on you. There are plenty of opportunities to learn skills and create value for yourself. Life circumstances don’t determine your pay, it’s your ability to do a job. There are far more people capable of flipping a burger than rebuilding an engine, therefore the latter gets paid more. Learn a skill, make more money. It’s not that hard.

@belfrytanner2126

2 жыл бұрын

@@asnmvet08 If a business is successful it’s employees deserve a portion of that success. Regardless of how easy or difficult it is to flip a hamburger if you’re hamburger flipping helps a business clear billions of dollars a year, you as a contributing part of that businesses success deserve a portion of those profits that you helped make. No one working for a billion dollar global enterprise should be below the poverty line regardless of skill or position especially when you consider that hamburger flipping is perhaps the most vital task in a hamburger chain. These workers are literally making the companies primary and most necessary product and without them the business would not exist and not profit in any way. While I appreciate and agree with your sentiment about developing skills to succeed the idea that our economy works on that principle is naive. Just use the hamburger example the most award winning and television featured hamburger joints the ones who have been perfecting their recipes and techniques for the last three decades make less in profits in five years than is spent on straws in a week by corporations using untrained staff to sell bottom barrel quality food in the smallest portion for the highest amount they can get away with. Skilled workers suffer from low wages and benefit from high ones. And the only reason so many skilled workers like welders, electricians, masons, and carpenters make as much as they do is because those industries still have strong unions that fight to keep the average wages in those industries rising with inflation. You look back at the wages of those same jobs in the 1920s and you’ll see these workers were paid equally poorly and being told they were just as replaceable as fast food workers currently are.

@florian9540

2 жыл бұрын

​@@asnmvet08 You know what a McDonals worker earns in Sweden? $22/hr.' A minimum wage has to be a living wage. You have to rent a normal size apartment, eat normal food and dont work over 40h. Also, in a system like the US, where your futer wage is determit by where you were born it simply doesnt work to say "learn a skill."

"How do you plan for that if you own a business?" Answer: Actually pay your employees a livable wage, regardless of minimum wage, then you will NEVER have to worry about it. Also, even when this video was created, minimum wage should have been $20/hr, and now that cost of living has increased so much, it is closer to $30/hr.

@youngpbands9507

Жыл бұрын

Bro take an economics class 💀💀

@agl9591

11 ай бұрын

Spoken like someone with 0 entrepreneurial mindset

The more I learn about the US the more I wonder where they get the temerity to lecture other world nations on practically anything

@joermnyc

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Swarovski Yeah... the “American Dream” is quickly becoming only a dream for everyone that isn’t uber rich... especially because they keep trying “trickle down” tax cuts that are supposed to create new jobs, but most companies just bought back their own stocks and horded their money.

@tomasroma2333

3 жыл бұрын

I would link it back to the WW2 and the Marshall Plan.

@kewltony

3 жыл бұрын

How do you buy back stocks and hoard money?

@danielswarovski6462

3 жыл бұрын

@Your Name Here Laughable really, that you think moon landings or even nuclear military might are commensurate with the society's living standards instead of being just egotistical d*ck measuring contests to cover up the wretched underbelly of extortionately expensive healthcare and grossly underfunded schools & other essential social services but carry on ...

@curtmacquarrie

3 жыл бұрын

@@kewltony is this a serious question?

Why does the US fall so far behind in so many areas? Healthcare, wages, education, cost of living?

@rainmirron

4 жыл бұрын

Look up Citizens United. The U.S. allows politicians to be legally bribed by those with vested interest in keeping for-profit necessities going.

@angbald

4 жыл бұрын

Money.

@nexus1g

4 жыл бұрын

The US has 50 of the world's top 100 universities. The US has the most expertise and best results in healthcare received. The US has the best wages given purchasing power. The cost of living is weird. A $12 million dollar house anywhere near Los Angeles would cost $80,000 outside of Charleston, South Carolina. That's why there shouldn't be a Federal minimum wage, but each city, county and/or state should determine for itself what's appropriate, and that's often the case in the US.

@nexus1g

4 жыл бұрын

@@randomcommenter8873 More like, if one doesn't fulfill his duty and contribute to society, why should society help him?

@aeiouaeiou100

4 жыл бұрын

Because they're run by corporations

Yah. The politicians need to no longer have controll of minimum wages. This needs to be addressed by employees, unions, businesses, and a group of people that make the decisions.

@gustav24-7-52

3 жыл бұрын

.... " and a group of people that make the decisions." HAHAHA You mean, like, elected government representatives ?

@nate4912

Жыл бұрын

@@gustav24-7-52 Lol.

@Loveroffood41

Жыл бұрын

I agree. The government needs to know that they work for us not us working for them. I wonder if we will ever see that change happen?

@lithuanianinbound589

10 ай бұрын

That sir, is called socialism

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US minimum wage: stagnates College prices: Rise rise and rise some more WhY cAn'T yOu aFfOrD cOlLlEgE?1?

@endofmybloodline

3 жыл бұрын

But why are the tuitions so high 🤔

@mme.veronica735

3 жыл бұрын

@@endofmybloodline Because everything is bigger in America!!!

@lordunhold5381

3 жыл бұрын

@@endofmybloodline bureaucracy & corruption mostly

@Sereze001

3 жыл бұрын

@@lordunhold5381you forgot arrogance.

@iamcosma7065

3 жыл бұрын

Arno Saari because the government guarantees student loans. “Oh you need $60,000 for your liberal arts degree? No problem!!”

Should rename the video "How the US gets everything wrong about minimum wage"

@MaelPlaguecrow6942

4 жыл бұрын

More like "Reasons why politicians should not have any power #1,000,000

@contradict8996

4 жыл бұрын

A more fitting title would be "How US (at Vox) Got minimum wage wrong"

@saxx9088

4 жыл бұрын

Contra Dict how is it just at vox if it’s using statistics and facts

@legendgames128

4 жыл бұрын

There are many ways to manipulate stats. And you can just lie and people can believe you... until there are contradictory statements. Even then, if you hide your contradictory "facts" people with the attention span of a goldfish won't notice.

@CityWhisperer

4 жыл бұрын

Fror Firebasher the title is basically the same, that or they decided to change it.

There's a metaphor that does a pretty good job of describing the future for new/recent generations. It's something along the lines of the generations before climbing a ladder and kicking it out before the new generations can climb it. Property value inflation, college prices etc. are all things that fit this metaphor. I think it mostly applies to the millennial generation and newer.

@spongeintheshoe

7 ай бұрын

They pulled the ladder up behind them so that they could climb even higher.

In Norway there is for the most part not a minimum wage determined by law (with the exception of a few work sectores). In stead we have strong unions, with national collective agreements coverings different work sectors, that is negotiatied upon every year. And for the few sectores that has a minimum wage by law, it is tied together with the salarylevel in the collective agreements for that sector. Before the yearly negotiation, an economic panel with representatives from both the state, the unions and employers, get together to make a report that states the expectations for the economy, and give a common understanding of the numbers. The beauty of this is the fact that you don't have to wait for the politicians to agree, and it's secures workers a fair wage and stability for the employers. It is also an important part of why Norway have a higly efficient workforce, with the idea being that high wages makes it less smart for companies to hire people for inefficient jobs i.e. packing grocerybags. But it also sets a minimumstandard, and the philosophy is that if a company can't keep up with the "floor" for that work sector, it will have to shut down. And that frees up a competent workforce for the companies that can keep up. It's called "The Norwegian model" (the nordic model has a lot of the same factors as well), and I highly recomend reading up on it!

@youtubesucks1499

4 ай бұрын

Why would I risk my life savings to start and build a business under your economic system? Why wouldn't I move to America and make more money? America is the easiest country in the world to make money in.

@personalemail9329

4 ай бұрын

​@@youtubesucks1499overall profits a business makes in Norway is far above that offered in US, there are plenty of Nordic economists on youtube as well as papers breaking down the Nordic model, maybe look it up before asking questions. You paid for your internet services better use it to educate yourself.

The us is stuck in the past and can’t get over itself sometimes. It’s ridiculous

@camerontaylor7471

4 жыл бұрын

Roman Wernsing that’s what I say! America is like stuck in a time warp! We are obsessed with the founding fathers, constitution, history, etc... but it’s all irrelevant!

@bodypillow3800

4 жыл бұрын

le Hoarderz Al-Shekelsteins You dont need a gun to be free... You can easily protest and gather the people. Europeans know that a nation cannot run without the peoples support especially since a lot of their Monarchs have collapsed due to outrage. America has only gone through one revolution and I guess you can count the civil war as a revolution. They did require weaponry but that was during the 1600’s. The technology and the political state of the world now it would be unlikely for a power to suppress the people to a degree where they would want to topple the government. Why risks destroying the country to oppress the people?

@shinine1464

4 жыл бұрын

Body Pillow thank you! Unfortunately because of the fact that your European, most Americans will disregard your opinion which is ridiculous. Most people in the states are so closed minded and backwards

@tankriley2712

4 жыл бұрын

cameron taylor It’s the closest thing we have to an original common culture. A lot of Americans do not want to see their form of culture disappear and be replaced by some knock off trying to keep up with the rest of the world.

@bodypillow3800

4 жыл бұрын

tankriley27 If we fail to keep up we will fall from power

US politicians should try living on minimum wage for a month..

@HeavyRayne

4 жыл бұрын

Or having to pay for their own health insurance

@ryuail

4 жыл бұрын

Or for their tenure.

@elimartin6757

4 жыл бұрын

That's never going to happen 😅😂

@SometimesCompitent

4 жыл бұрын

Most are millionaires. They could live easily on savings. They don’t understand how the other 99% live.

@cantu7614

4 жыл бұрын

It's minimum wage it's sopposed to be livable but uncomfortable it's a starting point so you move up and make more money

Minimum wage needs to be tied directly to congressional compensation.

@mechengr1731

Жыл бұрын

Hmm. Interesting. Having the politicians get paid minimum wage would solve two problems. (a) It would make them care about it and (b) keep the power and money hungry out of the system

For those who see Colombia first in the chart and think: "Wow! Colombia is doing really well", lets clarify that this chart compares the minimum wage to the average wage and saddly, the average wage here is really bad.

"maybe the solution to this never-ending debate is to take the decision out of politicians hands." Wait we can do that?!

@youtubesurfer134

4 жыл бұрын

Short answer you can’t.

@noavanderhoorn2996

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but only if Donald Trump wants it. So you can't

@lsd-rickb-1728

4 жыл бұрын

Never

@youtubesurfer134

4 жыл бұрын

@@noavanderhoorn2996 no trump has nothing to do with it you cant take the issue of the minimum wage out of politicians hand because its a law made by politicians.

@smile-tl9in

4 жыл бұрын

@@youtubesurfer134 Trump is a politician

The US is such a weird country. It's so backwards in so many ways, which is weird because of how important they are technologically

@kemmanuelx

4 жыл бұрын

modernkennnern fr

@erikadelgado206

4 жыл бұрын

You think its an accident? lol I wish I was blissfully unaware enough to say the US is just "weird"

@togepreee

4 жыл бұрын

The US also has the largest GDP in the world, so they're doing something right

@nehcooahnait7827

4 жыл бұрын

@@togepreee you still haven't jumped out that little American box

@jebeb6663

4 жыл бұрын

Every country is "backwards" in many ways, its just anything the US is backwards on gets ALOT of attention

A basic protection for workers: exist Americans: sOcIaLiSm

@josephpayne113

3 жыл бұрын

Americans: Not destroying our economy Others: pRoTeCtiOn

@Oruam1111

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephpayne113 Are you really gonna take a brave stance against objective reality right now? These people are mocking you because their countries have done well for decades with these proposals and yours is lagging behind.

@josephpayne113

3 жыл бұрын

@@Oruam1111 Lagging behind how exactly?

@ksolb

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephpayne113 lagging behind inflation for example lol

@josephpayne113

3 жыл бұрын

@@ksolb It's strange that you think that 2 free people can't work out an equal agreement between themselves without the government forcing them to.

I agree but as a minimum wage worker I am scared of big increases because I could lose my job

@jwsjacobs

3 жыл бұрын

Well, in Europe the government would regulate insurances so noone has to starve when they lose their jobs :)

@eduardoferdinandi3931

3 жыл бұрын

@@jwsjacobs I meant because I don’t wAnt to have to find another job, no one starves in America, every person can get food. In America you also get unemployment benefits. The unemployment in America before COVID was 3.7% and the unemployed were mostly by choice or temporary there’s enough jobs for everyone. And people do starve in Europe when they lose their jobs, I’ve seen it first hand :)

@gunmetal2435

3 жыл бұрын

@@eduardoferdinandi3931 people starve in America everyday. This comment is just filled with ignorance

@eduardoferdinandi3931

3 жыл бұрын

@@gunmetal2435 of course people starve in America, but who? Addicted homeless people? That’s it, that’s no ones fault but themselves. Yea sometimes you see a single mother who’s kids have to skip dinner but that is not starving. And that is their fault for being a single mother with 4 kids with no help unless the father died and that’s obviously no their fault. If you somehow starve in America it’s definitely your fault because if you somehow can’t find a job which is addicted homeless people, you get food everyday at food banks. So don’t call me ignorant when I highly doubt that you’ve lived in Europe and I have

@gunmetal2435

3 жыл бұрын

@@eduardoferdinandi3931 you deadass a waste of oxygen

The last time I was this early, you could live comfortably off of minimum wage.

@lilredworx7111

4 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Xu do you live like a rat now?

@flarebear5346

4 жыл бұрын

there is no country where you can live "comfortably" off of minimum wage lol. You can "live" and that's it

@jacobhanun3227

4 жыл бұрын

You can't ever live comfortably off minimum wage cause its minimum

@zlatko8051

4 жыл бұрын

I miss those times.

@danielemorandi2814

4 жыл бұрын

In 1968 in was $11.65 an hour

Well I can tell you this for last 34 years the only wage increase McConnell voted for everytime was his own and voted no on every minimum wage increase

@nexus1g

4 жыл бұрын

McConnell voted in favor of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 at the very least, so what?

@danielkruger4426

4 жыл бұрын

@@nexus1g I'm not sure if I'm supposed to pat you or McConnell on the back or say so what is that all you got in 34 years

@jamesl9371

4 жыл бұрын

Ditch Moscow Mitch and Kremlin Don

@nexus1g

4 жыл бұрын

290 likes for a lie. This is what's wrong with the world right here.

@blackcapone187

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Kruger That explains why his state is one of the poorest in the country while he’s making millions of dollars as we speak

Ok 3 different problems: # 1: It is by definition impossible to take this issue out of politician's hands, because anybody who runs for election for a federal office, or really anybody who just simply has a federal office is a politician. Those economic experts you mentioned are politicians. And how would we try to "take this out of the hands of politicians" anyways? Who are these economic experts you are thinking about? Will they be elected? If so, then they are just as good as congress. The problem with democracy is not the people who run for election - it is the voters that choose them. In order to establish a better system with better people, you would need to take control away from the people, which would over time result in tyranny as politicians become less and less concerned with actually benefiting the country. The American system is actually the best because, while we elect representatives democratically or pseudo-democratically, it is those officials that make the decisions, not us, thereby allowing citizens to vote for whoever will get them what they want, without having to be an expert themselves in how to get what they want. # 2: Why is a low minimum wage bad? Maybe it is the rest of the world that gets it wrong and the U.S. gets it right. Just looking at the minimum wage compared to the average wage isn't very telling - you have to look at the big picture. What factors contribute generally to economic security? What impact does the minimum wage have on companies that actually have to pay them? Is there a direct correlation between a higher minimum wage and less poverty? What I think people fail to understand is that wages are part of a balanced equation. Simply increasing the minimum wage, while it may have a short term effect, will do nothing in the long term even if it is periodically and regularly reassessed, because again, companies are in charge of deciding who to employ and what to price things. As minimum wage goes up, prices go up because companies must make money somehow, and even if the minimum wage results in more people getting more money, that money will be devalued because prices will be higher. Raising the minimum wage is no better than printing money and giving it to everyone. It has the same effect - inflation. # 3: This should be a state issue, not a federal one. By the nature of the U.S. and the constitution, while a federal minimum wage is not technically outlawed, I believe the spirit and intent of the constitution would have the states decide the minimum wage, if any exists, rather than the federal government. There is no reason for the federal government to step in here - especially since the U.S. is so incredibly diverse and each state has such a unique and different situation from the others, it should really be decided on a state level, not a federal level. As one congressman said in one of those clips you played, these are "one size fits all" solutions, when the problem of poverty is so complex and different in different states.

@justinreagan4461

3 жыл бұрын

You need more likes my friend god bless

@bvegannow1936

3 жыл бұрын

Minimum wage is one of the worst policies that hurts the poor the most. Bussinesses just raise their prices to pay minimum wage, people dont get any richer cuz of it, and some people loose their job or dont get hired cuz of it, and everyone includeing those without a job end up having to pay more for goods and services. It shouldnt be a crime for 2 consenting individuals to agree on whatever wage they choose. It would be better to give the poor welfare, and end minimum wage. Without minimum wage there might be more internships, apprenticies, and on the job training. Convince gov to let everyone use an acre of free tax free fertile land to grow a food forest on and live on. End farm subsidies. End tax breaks to farms exsept those who grow healthy vegan food for human consumption exsept no large mono crops. End mandatory school, ged and hsd requirements, age limits, minimum wage, and exsessive regs. People should be able to learn how to do a good job they want so they can afford a house and car before 18. For those who and whos parents cant afford it, chairty (where the donar gets a full non refundable tax credit that carrys over for an unlimited number of years) and or the about 180,000dollars spent on k thru 12 per student could pay for it and trash k thru 12 and some of that money could be used to promote more independence and healthy living.

You also have places that pay low wages along with mandatory over time. I worked in a factory that made us work 14 days straight and one day off. I'm glad I found my new job as a sales manager.

@mehmeh533

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Got a new job. That is the correct answer. Congratulations.

@bassam_salim

3 жыл бұрын

Was you forced to work there?! No Then you chose it yourself

@yeet5146

2 жыл бұрын

@@bassam_salim as if it’s that easy to just magically find a job that is easy work and pays a livable wage. Y’all are spoiled.

whenever i get a raise, minimum wage goes up.

@n0face2

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a common ploy by employers to do that a few months before min. Wage goes up because they want it to seem like they value you specifically as an employee so that you don’t leave, but in reality they will have to raise your pay in a few months anyway

@k999ford

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should become a better worker

@jellyspleens284

4 жыл бұрын

@@k999ford doesnt matter, smart business owners normally give low class workers (cooks, janitors, ect) a raise when something is going to soon change in the economy because those workers are disposable. when one quits you can find another within a couple weeks

@davidgarridoecunha7102

4 жыл бұрын

Roval Chadoms that is not how min wage works. Lol 😂

@FletchforFreedom

4 жыл бұрын

@@k999ford Don't mind the economic illiterates nattering at you. The hilariously incompetent notion that employers "set" pay levels and can underpay workers is not only completely contrary to basic economics but has been empirically disproved time and time again. Workers are demonstrably paid the full value of their labor services and the only way that they can improve their compensation (and it works literally every time) is to increase their value or, as you put it, "become a better worker". You can pass Econ 101.

If you recognize workers as an important stake holder in a business, instead of a disposable tool for management that'd be a start.

@porterjohnson5517

3 жыл бұрын

But they aren’t

@JesusHChrist2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@somerandomperson6936 You think it isn't bad for workers to loose their source of income? Also, many business owners aren't personally liable if their company goes bankrupt. Ever heard of a "LLC"? They assume no personal risk.

@FletchforFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

@@JesusHChrist2000 Workers are providers of value for which they are fully compensated. They are not a stakeholder in the business any more than your grocer is a stakeholder in your household. He provides you groceries; you fully compensate him for them. End of story. You are operating from at least one completely false premise (that workers are entitled to a source of income) and likely another (that workers are underpaid).

@JesusHChrist2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@FletchforFreedom If a worker believes in the business they work for, derives meaning from doing a good job, and depends on the income to survive, then they are a stake holder. Just not a SHARE holder.

@FletchforFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

@@JesusHChrist2000 Ah, no. The chief focus of the company is the customer. Their reason for doing what they do every day (where they derive meaning and what they believe in) is to meet the needs of that customer (for which the customer pays) and on whose patronage the company relies to survive. But the company is *NOT* a stakeholder in the customer. The nature of the relationship between the company and the customer is *identical* to that of the worker and the company.

Honestly, at this point, I think politicians can't even decide what to make for breakfast without having a massive debate about it with themselves.

I used to work in a restaurant, every single time minimum wage increased, the store owner increased the price of every single item on the menu. That’s why no matter how much you raise the minimum wage, they will stay at the poverty line and not be able to afford thing they can afford beforehand. In the same time it diluents mid income earners. (Not a politic major, just saying from personal experience)

@bvegannow1936

3 жыл бұрын

Thank u for bringing common sense to the disscusion

@thecrippledpancake9455

3 жыл бұрын

The minimum wage doesn’t go up that often..... how long you been working there?

@CorgiTheCorgi

3 жыл бұрын

@@thecrippledpancake9455 3 years, minimum wage raised twice during the time period.

@megueno

3 жыл бұрын

@@thecrippledpancake9455 State minimum wage increases much more than federal unfortunately

@lillybotswayer882

3 жыл бұрын

I worked at a restaurant and I never ate at the place I worked. What the restaurant produces wasn't something I needed.

America in a nutshell right here "It's such a logical idea. It's done in other countries. It really doesn't make sense why it's not done at the federal level. Like really, it's just politics."

@josuebalderas2075

4 жыл бұрын

The reason why it is not done at the federal level is by design. The federal government is the weakest part and the more local you go the more power you have. Federal

@bumface8350

4 жыл бұрын

Josue Balderas lol wrong. The federal gov. can step in whenever

"take the decisions out of politicians' hands". That can pretty much apply to everything.

@GeneJordan

4 жыл бұрын

I agree completely. There should be less government, not more government. The government should not set a minimum wage and let the market decide what it is going to pay. If one employer isn't offering enough pay, then move on until you find another one that does. We have the freedom to decide whom we work for. Almost all fast food restaurants and convenient stores around here have to offer well over minimum wage to find enough employees and they are still understaffed and constantly looking for workers due to turn over.

@davidsawyer3737

4 жыл бұрын

Except for gun control and speech because we need those two to be controlled by the gov

@GeneJordan

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidsawyer3737 We would maintain all of our rights without a big government. The bill of rights are limit to what the federal government is allowed to do, not individuals. We already have those rights inherently. They do are not granted to us by the Amendments nor the Constitution.

@davidsawyer3737

4 жыл бұрын

@@GeneJordan I know dude I am libertarian bro I want the smallest gov. Possible I was just being sarcastic and making fun of liberals

@GeneJordan

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidsawyer3737 I see what you meant by that now.

Our grandparents fought the labor wars, but we got comfortable & were lulled to sleep. Then the bosses changed the rules.

@abcdef-kx2qt

3 жыл бұрын

brother

Better idea: make federal lawmakers live on the minimum wage of their state. It’s easy when they get paid 6 digits (plus any other perks on the side); have them work for minimum wage and see how they stack up.

In sweden we dont have a minimum wage, we have alot of unions that Apply to different sectors and we have high wages

@keanrdbropedersen1487

3 жыл бұрын

Same here in Denmark. Everything is negotiated by unions in each field.

@maudehall-skillern1492

3 жыл бұрын

American unions were largely neutered in the 80s (thanks a lot, Reagan 🙄), except police unions--those are WAY too powerful

@AdwinLauYuTan

3 жыл бұрын

Here in Singapore, we have a minimum wage literally lower than the US and only for cleaning and maintenance workers. And we are considered the most expensive city to live in. There is certainly a problem. One in six of us are millionaires, but being a poor non-Singaporean here is not at all easy. There is universal healthcare, only for Singaporeans. Affordable housing, only for Singaporeans. Subsidised education, (not free, for some reason, the monthly bill is around $20 US, so...) only for Singaporeans. I pity the 40% of people here who get nothing.

@MrTreynolds

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, it’s also interesting to look at Sweden’s tax rates compared to Americans. Someone at $20,008 per year pays 32% taxes in Sweden, but 12% in the US. Looking at the 2020 tax tables, someone in the US wouldn’t pay 32% tax until they hit $163,301.

@Pluckaiy

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrTreynolds its also interesting that i can go to the hospital and it only costs me 20 dollars for full treatment. In sweden we dont go into debt because of standard things. 20k per year is also quiet a low wage is sweden as education is free and everyone has a degree.

“This is an American sweatshop” Wow today we just call them McDonald’s

@fine1298

4 жыл бұрын

That doesn't make sense

@fly2724

4 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA

@jaredcarter8242

4 жыл бұрын

I'm work at McDonalds as a crew member and earn above minimum wage. Florida's minimum wage is $8.56 and I make $9.70.

@donovanwiebe2495

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone I know who's worked at a McDonald's has actually enjoyed their time there. Maybe it's just Canada, but promotions and raises are easy to get and happen pretty regularly

@judemartin6329

4 жыл бұрын

Nah you’re thinking of prisons

Minimum wage increses are only symbolic. Bernie can screech for $15 an hour all he wants. Sure $15 an hour would be beneficial in some small Mississippi town, but it's nothing to someone living in Los Angeles. Wages should be based on the cost of living in that given city.

Too many basic life issues are left in Congress's control with no clear mission statement or goal mandate. The why something is important enough to rise to this level should be the minimum to be considered.

Fun fact, there’s no minimum wage in Denmark. We have strong unions instead.

@emilhaugaard2708

4 жыл бұрын

That’s not true lol I’m Danish and I get minimum wage

@nielschristensen7145

4 жыл бұрын

Emil Haugaard yeah, that’s because of the unions...

@smile-tl9in

4 жыл бұрын

strong governement renforced unions. There are a reason they are much stronger there than anywhere. And unions impose high wage pretty much everywhere so you have a de facto minimum wage

@jamesmadison3580

4 жыл бұрын

A $15 hr / $30K yr min wage helps everyone. Walmart Target Home Depot Sears employees will no longer use $3.4 Billion a year in Food Stamps MediCaid & Section8 housing. CA WA OR are already see a drop in usage of public services from the min wage increase. Pizza Hut clears over $18 Billion a year to pay all their workers $15 hr they then clear $17.6 Billion a year Pizza Hut pays AU$22 Hr/ US16.29 Hr min wage in Australia & New Zealand and still clears $4 Billion+ a year . McDonalds Dominos KFC Burger King Starbucks ALL pay the AU$22 Hr/ US16.29 min wage in Australia & New Zealand and ALL clear $8+ Billion annually. McDonald's in Denmark pays US$19 Hr / €16.25 Hr .. or US$11 Hr / €9.41 Hr if your are 17 or younger People who vote republican you could have looked up this info for yourself. Stop voting for the “wages are too high republicans” Stop watching fox. Fox Polit Bureau tells you they cant afford it & you fox viewers believe it. You could have looked on the internet & in 5 minutes found out that fox always lie on behalf of the rich & corps. Stop voting for the “wages are too high republicans”

@Felisitus

4 жыл бұрын

Same with Norway. Makes the "minimum wages" much more custom to the field of work.

In the Netherlands, we actually review the minimum wage every half-year, once in January and once in July.

@erikrobinson2547

4 жыл бұрын

And yet another point to the Netherlands! I hope I can move to Europe within my life time, they know what they're doing.

@8is

4 жыл бұрын

@@erikrobinson2547 well except minimum wage :P

@grubbybum3614

4 жыл бұрын

Now just get the immigration problem in Netherlands sorted out and it will be a livable nation.

@erikrobinson2547

4 жыл бұрын

@Ray Flo Well I've been to both Europe and Asia so there goes that absurd notion.

@bobbyrawsknz

3 жыл бұрын

@@erikrobinson2547 how about help fix the country instead of running away. You're part of the problem

Imagine having a minimum wage This comment was made by Denmark gang.

@aceous99

3 жыл бұрын

would you like some Democracy?

Living wage is part of operating costs. If a company refuses to pay a living wage then they shouldn't be open

@lilpoptart6764

2 жыл бұрын

why would a teenager living with their parents need to be paid a “living wage” while working at a job like mcdonald’s or walmart

"It's called the american dream because you have to be asleep to believe it"

@kingchicken8232

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds pretty accurate

@ilikefoodcrazy

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly it just have to do with getting into business and benefit off capitalism, with luck. Other than that if your fate was too be poor then that's life fault. So lets sue god

@kingchicken8232

4 жыл бұрын

@@ilikefoodcrazy Yeah, I hope he has his lawyers ready.

@floightoficarusw4329

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if you’re Canadian or not but I really don’t think you get this. My grandfather had grown up in one of the poor situation as possible on the streets of Birmingham Alabama. Both of his parents left and a sister and brother bullied him, later he found a job and then got offered a hotel that you would pay off with the hotel’s money. He now owns $1 million estate with fortunes of money and to this day he won’t stop working, no matter what. He has gotten skin cancer at least five times. This is an example of the American dream that a lot of left-wing individuals don’t seem to understand or get as they try and force socialism in a country that strives on capitalism

@kingchicken8232

4 жыл бұрын

@@floightoficarusw4329 I am an American, I understand the hardships of people in this country, they aren’t in vain. This comment thread was a mix between a joke and an insult, we aren’t denying the achievements of the people who actually did something with their lives, we’re talking about the vast number of bad people in this country.

I'm starting to believe alot of stuff would be better if we took it out of politicans hands.

@TheBrickMasterB

4 жыл бұрын

Remember that people had that attitude for a lot of American history about a lot of things that make sense today, such as legislating and taxation. It didn't end well for the states under the Articles of Confederation.

@morganghetti

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBrickMasterB That makes zero sense.

@RobLandauer

4 жыл бұрын

Climate change should be decided upon by climatologists, not politicians. Education should be decided upon by educators, not politicians. Science should be decided upon by scientists, not politicians. Economics should be decided upon by economists, not politicians. And so on.

@dinka3668

4 жыл бұрын

@@RobLandauer then what do politicians do?

@robertjarman3703

4 жыл бұрын

@@dinka3668 Aggregate things. When all of this comes together.

I don't think there should be a minimum wage. Just let the economy sort it out.

@012345678952752

3 жыл бұрын

Tell that to the democrats.

@someone-uq6gc

3 жыл бұрын

@@012345678952752 ikr

@billdipperly1573

3 жыл бұрын

"let the economy sort it out" Walmart workers now make $2 an hour.

@KayAteChef

3 жыл бұрын

@@billdipperly1573 That is an indication that too many people are applying to work at Walmart. So Walmart don't need to pay more. Go do something else. If there is nothing else... the economy can't handle the minimum wage.

Some people say that minimum wage jobs are “just jobs for kids”, that they’re not meant to be long-term employment for adults. That seems so weird that we’re trying to transition kids into adults, but yet we don’t pay them a living wage, enough money for them to budget for various living expenses, to get a real sense of what it is to be an adult. I mean we don’t put a teenager in one of those little toy cars with an electric motor when it’s time for them to get their driver’s license, we put them behind the wheel of a real car. Why would you pay kids so little money, if you want them to learn real financial responsibility, to begin paying for their own living expenses, and to move out? As for the part about minimum wage not being intended for long-term income for adults, well, why not? Why shouldn’t an adult earn a living wage working any job for 40 hours per week? Why shouldn’t they be able to afford basic necessities, like food, clothing, rent, utilities, and public transportation? People need to have solid financial footing even if minimum wage employment is temporary, like when they get laid off, or when they’re dealing with mental health issues, or when they finish school and have trouble finding work in their field, or any number of other situations where they just need some kind of work to pay their bills.

Wonder how much Mr. Krabs was paying SpongeBob and Squidward.

@BigRodd91

4 жыл бұрын

"Are you feeling it Now Mr.Krabs!" ~Spongebob~

@ChannelBlaino

4 жыл бұрын

SpongeBob would do it for free

@Dennis-nc3vw

4 жыл бұрын

Spongebob has a house, so a lot ironically.

@ArturoLopez-ly2pn

4 жыл бұрын

I remember reading a post about how someone did the math and SpongeBob makes like $1,300 a month

@ArcticKomodo

4 жыл бұрын

Dennis M it’s a pineapple... under the sea.

This is a real boomer moment.

@Gee-xb7rt

4 жыл бұрын

the only good boomer is garden mulch.

@marciaosullivan3200

4 жыл бұрын

@Kay boomers are better than millennials

@havegottogitgud1864

4 жыл бұрын

@@marciaosullivan3200 Ok boomer

@harrystylesmenstrualcup2742

4 жыл бұрын

gen z is the best of them all 😌✨

@corgiwithabowtie1230

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gee-xb7rt bill nye, danny devito, Morgan Freeman, so on and so forth

Put on a politician on 'minimum wage' and you'll see how fast change can really happen. 10 years ago I was earning close to minimum wage as a bar attentant and that was still $20 an hour in Australia.

What a lot of people don't know is if the wage goes up, you have more money to spend on items, the more profit goes up and the more workers you need.

So proud to be Australian. Still can't believe hospitality workers rely on tips instead of getting paid by their employer.

@ellwaugh8796

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but you australians lack real freedom. Your gun laws are so strict you can’t protect yourself

@CrackerBarrelkid555

4 жыл бұрын

Russell Nankervis yea it’s bad

@CrackerBarrelkid555

4 жыл бұрын

Ell Waugh nothing happens there tho so they are good

@higate_col

4 жыл бұрын

@@ellwaugh8796 protect ourselves from what? We literally had a man running around Sydney this week with a knife and he was stopped by a milk crate. Don't need much to protect yourself when your attacker can't get a gun

@The_General_Zubas

4 жыл бұрын

AND WE WANT IT THAT WAY!

In Australia, we raise it by a small percentage every financial year so it doesn't come as a shock to businesses

@rithvikgujjula1400

4 жыл бұрын

nice

@SgtJoeSmith

4 жыл бұрын

And businesses can raise prices and increase inflation by a smaller ammount so you delusional upside downers don't realize you are paying more and it's actually all a wash in the end.

@rubenborbely

4 жыл бұрын

@@SgtJoeSmith if you look at the inflation adjusted value at 2:38, it has been steadily rising. (not just nominally but inflation adjusted rise in minimum wage value)

@MexBaker

4 жыл бұрын

@@SgtJoeSmith Every country uses fiat currency now so there's always going to be inflation biting away at our wages without any wage increases. It's a net benefit to raise them, no one wants to be making gradually less money over time.

@zaraaaa420

4 жыл бұрын

same as france

It’s currently $7.25, they’re talking about boosting it to $15 an hour. That’s literally more than double what it was with the snap of the fingers.

@virginiamoss7045

3 жыл бұрын

When they say that, what they don't say is it would be implemented over time, usually 10 years.

@spongeintheshoe

7 ай бұрын

When the current minimum wage was established, it would’ve been $10.36 in today’s money.

Who else is watching this after Biden rises the minimum wage to $15/h

@seanmcfarland5083

3 жыл бұрын

terrible idea

@jd-uz1ln

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanmcfarland5083 yes but no. Like the first minute stated, its hard to plan on as a company but it should be done.

@jonahavila1617

3 жыл бұрын

Not 15, that’s ridiculous. Especially when there’s high unemployment. From a business standpoint raising minimum wage effects small business and startups rather than the big companies. Let it be up to the states to raise or not, not the nation.

@Gingersnaps_the_pumpkin_kitty

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonahavila1617 it is. States don't have to accept it. We have several who don't. It's just the recommended base wage basically.

@briandiehl9257

3 жыл бұрын

What?

Politicians don't like spending money. Unless it's on themselves.

@ericquiabazza2608

4 жыл бұрын

Ho, they like expending money, just not their money or unless is something that would benefits theyr interest.Trump try to make the construction of the wall possible, not with his own money, but that think would have his name all over it even if its destroy.Also there is always business in the shadow, take the recent fraud in Argentina, the campaign for very high politicians was founded by construction companies, the same that end up working in the most big and expensive construction in years.Politician use the money of taxes, and if it was wasted, they don't face legal repercussions.

@alexj7440

4 жыл бұрын

Or on the military and corporations

@GaryVolts

4 жыл бұрын

We have the opposite problem in the US. They only time they can agree is when it comes to spending tax payers money and putting future generations in debt.

@haruhisuzumiya6650

4 жыл бұрын

and never to fix australia, only on helicopter rides

The US: I have the money to do everything I want. Also the US: I don't know how to pay my people.

@averageenjoyer1690

4 жыл бұрын

Ezo Lecter The problem people are seeing is that the wage is decided by politicians.

@RyanMcCoppin

4 жыл бұрын

That's not true, we are $22 trillion in debt. We do not have the money to do what we want. And those that are spending more are fools / will ruin the country. A voluntary exchange of services between two people is none of the governments business. If the two parties agree on an exchange, should they not be allowed to do that exchange?

@phobod1

4 жыл бұрын

Greed of the ruling class

@AmazingMunkiman

4 жыл бұрын

@@RyanMcCoppin a voluntary exchange between people with equal bargaining power would be one thing, but business owners have much more power here. you can say that businesses that pay too little won't get applications, but if all the jobs you can qualify for won't pay a living wage then where do you go? this is why so many americans are trapped in a cycle of increasing debt, and don't have disposable income to spend on goods which weakens the economy.

@johanocampo5422

4 жыл бұрын

Their is a difference between the government jobs and private companies

Without the poor, how will the rich know that they are rich?

The minimum wage should be the minimum costs needed to live in the most expensive city in the country and must be increased year after year based on increased cost plus inflation. That way, cheap labor becomes non-existent, companies can’t find loopholes and it’s extremely easy to penalize.

Wait, was Costa Rica just used as a good example?

@blackmould

4 жыл бұрын

Transparent Tomato You know it’s bad when they used a crashed economy as a good example

@taranlarousa3082

4 жыл бұрын

that shows how bad a high minimum wage is

@jullyanyewerton7900

4 жыл бұрын

@@taranlarousa3082 or maybe without it they would be at a worst situatio

@JamEngulfer

4 жыл бұрын

@@taranlarousa3082 No it doesn't.

@jakeabc123

4 жыл бұрын

Transparent Tomato the point was that even a poorer country has steady increases, but you know that. You’re looking for something to get upset over that isn’t there.

And here in Sweden we do not have a minimum wage at all. (But collective bargaining pretty much set the de facto minimum wage.)

@johnlocke4695

4 жыл бұрын

Yes even i support collective bargaining

@nirodper

4 жыл бұрын

The thing is sweden has a highly educated population, without many groups of empoverished people that could be exploited

@alexj7440

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew H they have strong unions unlike the US. The unions are able to negotiate high wages for themselves without the government. However in the US unions have been destroyed so a minimum wage is required.

@Cythil

4 жыл бұрын

@@blabarspaj_3381 Thank you for the information. I was a bit short on time my self while looking up the facts. Did not even have time to translate the currency.

@Cythil

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexj7440 Yes the strong unionisation is key to why minimum wages standard are not needed in Sweden I would say. Since it allows for Employers and Employees to settle it without the involvement of government. So I very much agree with you assertion.

It is not as easy as presented. Depending on the number of people working for minimum wage, rising it has a massive influence at the inflation. If all employees of an economy get a two percent rise, the inflation is consuming this rise in no time. It is less the minimum wage but the high number of people working, only getting such small salary, what defines the problem.

@dc2guy2

2 жыл бұрын

Nice strawman you got there. The reality is not all employees are minimum wage earners, so it's not as easy as you presented :) Copying a relevant comment from another user: James McPherson - While inflation is helpful, I think a GDP per capita growth tells a more compelling story about how low our minimum wage is compared to the country as a whole. Additionally, there is an argument that doubling minimum wage should result in doubling product's prices. That only makes sense if the product is created solely with minimum wage work. With the huge salary gaps that exist, any inflation caused by minimum wage increase should not "cancel out" the wage increase as many people suggest since so much "value" is created by non minimum wage work, like advertising and managing.

@ThomasZadro

2 жыл бұрын

@@dc2guy2 I actually don’t see any contradiction of my point. As stated, it is the number of people working on such a minimum vage what triggers the point. The comment you kindly shared just puts the argument the other way round, coming to the same conclusion.

@dc2guy2

2 жыл бұрын

​@@ThomasZadro I and the comment I shared points out that stating raising minimum wage would "massively" increase inflation is a ridiculous assertion as it could only be the case if literally all or a high number of people, as you've suggested in your hypothetical scenario, are working on minimum wage which last I checked is not the reality in America. Simply put, your hypothetical while technically correct, does not contribute any real meaning to the conversation.

@ThomasZadro

2 жыл бұрын

@@dc2guy2 Well, it is your point of view that it does not help. If it is not supportive for you to learn something, it might be for others. Have a great day.

@dc2guy2

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThomasZadro well let me go ahead and add what should have already been gleaned from the video and honestly I probably should have led with but alas, the even more obvious problem with your hypothetical is that it assumes we raise the min wage now and then wait another 10-15 years like we've been doing. But as the video stated, this is the other half of what needs to change and would account for the rising inflation each year. And guess what?? inflation has been rising pretty steadily already despite the min wage being the same for the last 10 years. Kind of makes you think that maybe min wage doesn't have as much of an effect on inflation as you would think and maybe it's really the other way around...

As an outsider, watching a lot of these Vox videos you see in how many factors affecting the average citizen America lags behind or is an outlier. Yet from a global perspective America remains the world's leading superpower, doing much in realm of science, technology, business and culture. Is it that the same things that make day to day life so difficult for so many Americans are the things that allow the nation as a whole to be a global leader? If so is that a fair trade off, global hegemony at the cost of individual suffering?

@bennettcarlson3974

2 жыл бұрын

I would argue that America is wasting its potential as a nation. we do not live in a zero-sum world if American citizens were better off we could then refocus our efforts on dealing with issues that aren't unique to America

@krateproductions4872

2 жыл бұрын

Laughs in the EU and China

@shawnboahene5231

2 жыл бұрын

@@krateproductions4872 the EU is a joke and are very dependent on the US for nearly everything. China is a close second but only got there through cut-throat practices and greedy American politicians and educational institutions

@krateproductions4872

2 жыл бұрын

@@shawnboahene5231 "cut-throat practices and greedy." Bruh this happened/happens in ever major superpower including the US.

@masond7573

Жыл бұрын

It's not a fair trade off, we could have a better quality of life like most of western Europe or Australia or New Zealand

No mention on the ridiculous separate gratuity based minimum wage, and how customers are expected to tip servers to make up their wages rather than tip for excellent service or by their own discretion

@fgsaramago

4 жыл бұрын

The tipping culture is the whole issue. Why should tipping be a thing? It just perpetuates low wages and is a hassle to deal with. In most of Europe and the world if you like the service you get, you come back more often and recommend the place to friends, you don't give charity to people who are working what should be a dignifying job.

@klayman2

4 жыл бұрын

actually, by law if your tips don't meet minimum wage your employer is required by law to pay out to equal a minimum wage check.

@sethrawbass

4 жыл бұрын

Filipe Saramago you actually get paid more based on tips

@fgsaramago

4 жыл бұрын

@@sethrawbass and? So, according to you it's a way to prove gauge costumers. How is that any better? It's specifically way I referred to by distorting the markets!

@Pumkincat

4 жыл бұрын

@@fgsaramago Restaurant service is realllllly bad in Europe compared to the US. And its because of tipping.

The US is really two countries. I work for a technology company, and my quality of life is incredibly good. I make a lot of money compared to most of my friends from growing up. I went to one of the best universities in the world, because my parents could afford it. I have private insurance, but it’s some of the best money can buy. I can go to any hospital in the country with confidence I won’t pay anything. I have like 12 weeks of *paternity* leave through my company. I have pet insurance through my company (I don’t own any pets). I live in NYC. I travel. I even spent a few years in the U.K. when I was younger. Then there’s “Middle America” - many people in Kentucky, or Idaho, or Alabama. They have much lower rates of college education, often because they can’t afford it. A lot are working hourly wage jobs, making $10/hour fixing cars or telemarketing or driving trucks. They have few or no benefits. If they break a leg or something, they go bankrupt. Their politicians are funded by rich donors, and they’ve convinced them that there’s an invasion of immigrants taking their jobs, and that universal healthcare is evil socialism. I’d gladly pay more taxes to help the second class of people. A little helping hand, and they might be able to pull themselves up to my standard of living. They resent me, and insult me. They think I’m elitist. They think I’m the enemy. They say, “if you don’t like America then get out.” I’m living the American Dream. They’re not.

@im2groovy

4 жыл бұрын

No America is 50 countries 51, with Puerto rico, united in having various federal laws and joint military but still unique in each "country"

@benhansen8844

4 жыл бұрын

You can pay more in taxes if you so wish. The Treasury Department accepts donations.

@ltdowney

4 жыл бұрын

So Groovy - I don’t think you understand the differences between a confederation, a federation, and a devolved unitary state

@ltdowney

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Hansen - If I can get more social programs, sure, that’s kinda the point of my post. On the other hand, are you saying that I should pay more for its own sake, and by that implying I should _really_ want to pay less, and not want social programs? If so that makes no sense. Whether or not to want social programs is a question of values. You’re not going to convince me not to want to help other people.

@dewaldt8104

4 жыл бұрын

Problem us your taxes won't help those people get out of poverty. 15 trillion dollars has been spent on the war on poverty, yet poverty is at the same rate it was when the war on poverty began. In fact before the war on poverty began, poverty was declining at a faster rate than after the war was launched.

"This is Weird " I think Weirdest is to see that Nobody complains, that's a Good reason to Be burning down Big comporporations.

Amen, take the wages out of the hands of politicians and put them back in the private market. Just abolish the minimum wage. Any job should be paid by the value it provides. I don't understand any reason that should not be the standard.

@thecrippledpancake9455

3 жыл бұрын

There will always be people willing to work for extremely low wages, especially if that is the only option and virtually every company does it. Then they will live in external poverty barley scraping by. There has to be government intervention

@hjc0706

3 жыл бұрын

@@thecrippledpancake9455 government intervention is creating the problem . it's setting an artificial "low" wage.

@sheilag2231

3 жыл бұрын

First you mean awomen. Get it right. Second you need a minimum wage to keep people poor in those jobs for life never wondering what better is.

@sheilag2231

3 жыл бұрын

@@thecrippledpancake9455 won’t the people willing to work absolute minimum wage ever think “hey I want to get the f out of flipping X and cleaning up x” ? Shouldn’t low wage jobs be reserved for re-entry and training then move on?

@nispelsm

3 жыл бұрын

@@sheilag2231 Hahahaha! you people are so funny. You think only retail and fast food pays minimum wage... Back during the 2008/2009 economic crash, the company my brother-in-law worked for laid off the entire production facility. He worked as a certified welder there with 15 years experience. They tried to hire him back 3 months later, offering him $8/hr. They made the same offer to nearly all the workers they laid off, knowing there were no other jobs available due to the recession, and a lot of those workers were forced to take the low-ball offer before unemployment ran out.

$15 would be a huge jump in a little amount of time, we should increase it gradually at a constant rate. Also take it out of politicians' hands.

@LucasSChiefsLightning

4 жыл бұрын

The system should be $15 an hour, with like $2 or $3 steps over 2-3 years than unofficially tie it to inflation from there. I personally think we should go about $17 instead since $15 would have been appropriate like 5 years ago.

@gnick66

4 жыл бұрын

Raising minimum wage will just cause advancements in "AI and automation" to speed up, due to demand by companies wanting to switch to automation to save money/increase profits.

@BillyBob-bv1bk

4 жыл бұрын

Nick66 not really , they will switch regardless if they wanted too. Other developed countries have it much higher like Australia and you don’t see any more automation than I see here in the states

@actanonverba3041

4 жыл бұрын

ColonelCrisp most politicians, including bernie sanders, only propose gradual increases to $15, not instant.

@datlilnigga1876

4 жыл бұрын

15 is too much. Flipping burgers aint worth 15 an hour. Small buisinesses go out of buisness because its so high. 8.75 is good. Maybe 10 but definetly not 15.

I used to dream of living in the US as a child, now I couldn’t think of anything worse. I pity the country and I’m grateful to be European instead.

@MidnightBloomDev

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

@HappyGick

4 жыл бұрын

Same bro, and I live in Venezuela, much prefer another latin american country

@ser3rm711

3 жыл бұрын

Most news outlets try to show the worse of the U.S. because the thing that makes them money is fear they never show anything positive

@kasperdedeyne5293

3 жыл бұрын

@@ser3rm711 is there anything that is objectively false shown in the video?

@tekkenfan01

3 жыл бұрын

Go live in Eastern Europe, or south too

The Czech republic minimum wage at 2:40 isn't true. Now in 2020, the minimum wage is 87.30 CZK = 3.92 USD/hour. But we have different minimum wages according to the job the worker is doing. So for example IT expert, programmer, doctor has a minimum wage 158.10 CZK = 7.11 USD, they are in the 7th workgroup out of 8. Edit: But yes it is going up almost every year or two.

They should do a study on how many homeless people have full time jobs. There’s a lot.

The minimum wage is so ridiculous in this country. Everyone has become so accepting of getting paid next to nothing from companies that monopolized the market, while the thought of maximum wage for better distribution of earnings seems absurd? I hate greed

@dragosdragon7515

3 жыл бұрын

if people want change they should vote for it on the state level like what happened whith weed in the south western states

@thecrippledpancake9455

3 жыл бұрын

@@somerandomperson6936 You do realize that tips are not legal requirements right?

@mathmagician5990

3 жыл бұрын

@@thecrippledpancake9455 in restaurants where waiters make approx $2 an hour, the restaurant is required to supplement their paychecks if they ever average out to less than minimum wage. My mom waited tables for 15 years and I waited tables for two, she never made less than minimum wage and neither did I.

The US minimum wage is less than a minimum wage for under 16 year olds (equal to 45% of adult rate) in Australia

@klayman2

4 жыл бұрын

USD is also worth more than AUD, our minimum wage would be about $11 aud

@fatal510

4 жыл бұрын

Everything in Australia is also super expensive...

@merttosya6391

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, the US is really backwards when compared to the developed world then. Just like Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Italy which is half of Europe. These countries have no minimum wage.

@ziyad1809

4 жыл бұрын

@@merttosya6391 those countries have universal healthcare, mandatory paid vacations, and extremely cheap university. Minimum wage isn't needed

@Bingbongbarn

4 жыл бұрын

@@merttosya6391 Those countries also have strong unions who are successful in ensuring appropriate wages, and creating a minimum wage would hurt their bargainign power. Stop being intentionally dishonest

Increasing minimum wages to $15 per hour can work for small businesses, if the government will be willing to pay the difference that's needed to reach $15/per hour. (example: Bob makes $7.50 per hour but his employer can't afford to pay $15, the government can pay and extra $7.50 to Bob as long as he remains employed.) This will prevent Bob from losing his job and filing unemployment and help the small business.

@fusososososo3507

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, because the government has infinite money and can aways throw it into a problem to solve it, what an awesome solution

People complain about others not working, while a lot of people in poverty are working for wages that no one can live on.

1930s America: We see this minimum wage thing working in other countries, maybe we should implement our own too! 2019 America: idk if this thing actually works 🤷‍♂️ *Minimum wage still works in other countries

@MaelPlaguecrow6942

4 жыл бұрын

We were the first nation in the world to implement the minimum wage thanks to Henry Ford. While every other country in the world was trying to invent a better way to blow each other up.

@pranaym3859

4 жыл бұрын

@@MaelPlaguecrow6942 Now you guys are doing exactly opposite

@_enchantress_5422

4 жыл бұрын

@@MaelPlaguecrow6942 lol

@dcarrigg4

4 жыл бұрын

@@MaelPlaguecrow6942 New Zealand and Australia did it 40 years before the USA.

@Bamiyanbigasf

4 жыл бұрын

Roan the Delphox how the roles have changed now the US spends 10018x more than any other country in there military and could care less about its crumbling infrastructure

Another issue is that real state has gone waay up. You should do a graph about that, real purchasing power vs real state prices over time. I can assure you it will be apalling and show the truth of what new generations have to face.

@stefanmohler2994

4 жыл бұрын

Adjusted for inflation, minimum wage hasn't changed but the the cost of housing has nearly tripled.

@GiantPetRat

4 жыл бұрын

Very true. Where I live, in Madison, WI, the unemployment rate is lower than the state average (which is lower than the national average). But homelessness is a growing problem- I would wager that for just about every bus ride I take, there's at least one homeless person on board.

@dewaldt8104

4 жыл бұрын

It's because of permit and zoning laws making it difficult for real estate developers to build more houses. So while the amount of people in the US has increased significantly, the amount of available houses to buy has not.

@swagswagify

4 жыл бұрын

@@dewaldt8104 Supply and demand

@_JayRamsey_

4 жыл бұрын

@@dewaldt8104 I'm not sure that's the whole story; don't we have more empty houses than homeless people in the U.S.?

It comes down to the mentality of the country. USA has an individualistic mentality which means people are responsible for their own futures. A minimum wage job is not a job that you are supposed to stay in. It is not designed to pay bills. It is more so designed for college student to make some money while in school. But the question is, is this feasible and sustainable? Probably not because not every one will land and keep a non minimum wage job.

@timdelph2747

5 ай бұрын

You are wrong. The min wage was set up in 1938 to provide for a min income baseline that families could survive on. This myth that it is for high school and college students is just a made up lie to justify paying low wages.

If you increase the minimum wage, everything else will just rise in value. You need to understand economy to talk about minimum wage

I think we should keep every decision out of politicians hands

@danilooliveira6580

4 жыл бұрын

then who would make the decisions ? remember that YOU choose the politicians to make the decisions for you, the population has the government they deserve.

@hphector6

4 жыл бұрын

@@danilooliveira6580 No you don't choose. A bunch of people choose and not everyone has the same opinion or is too ignorant to make the right choice if there even was a right choice among the candidates.

@danilooliveira6580

4 жыл бұрын

@@hphector6 of course I was generalizing, what I meant is that the government is a reflection of the population.

@footiemate03

4 жыл бұрын

Lol why do you think become politicians. They want to fill their pockets while they rob every blind 'legally'

@MrMarclax

4 жыл бұрын

@@danilooliveira6580 economic experts. Just like in most countries

not only min wage should be answered, but the basic cost of housing.

@owenbunny4023

4 жыл бұрын

too many red tape for building new houses

@danielo4126

4 жыл бұрын

No, regulating housing prices kills real estate profits

@electricflyingpan7443

4 жыл бұрын

Nice profile pic

@lambbone8302

4 жыл бұрын

Elliot Chong Hokusai is one of my favourite artists

@TheKiroshi

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielo4126 -- Sounds good. Reminds me that America needs a house and boarding act.

While I do agree with the underlying issue of a low minimum wage in the US, over the past 10-15 years there are very few businesses, large corporations included, that I know of that actually pay minimum wage. Most already start workers off between $10 to $12 and hour in most cases (Walmart, McDonald's, ect). Some even higher. I believe that's one thing this video misses. Most businesses realize this issue and have taken it into their own hands. Remember workers do have a choice to not work at a business that pays minimum wage, no one is forcing you to work there. Go down the street and work elsewhere for someone that pays more, or gain some experience for a short while, then go elsewhere. Its common sense.

@HornyWonton

2 жыл бұрын

There's still a large amount of jobs out there that pay the bare minimum wage. Available and/or ideal jobs are scarce for many people, so they have to accept what they can get, which is the stagnant minimum wage.

They did set guidance. It had at least five standards, but politicians try to make it seems vague and subject to interpretation (admittedly there is some room, but very little, let alone what we have (or don't) now.) To be able to afford a "decent home", be able to provide "adequate food, clothing, and recreation, be able to "support a family" (single income household/nuclear family ideal), right to adequate medical care, be able to afford to live "with dignity". "It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country." Note that none of this is meant to be subsidized survival. One is meant to be able to pay themselves, out of pocket, based on the minimum wage, for all of these things.

And then there's the US.... That sentence works for so many areas.

@mehmeh533

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Freedom especially.

@bonesmalone1034

3 жыл бұрын

@@mehmeh533 You mean the obsession of freedom or are you trying to say there’s a lack of it?

@mehmeh533

3 жыл бұрын

@@bonesmalone1034 Freedom is never an obsession my friend. USA Rocks.

@bonesmalone1034

3 жыл бұрын

@@mehmeh533 Well it CAN be, sometimes people don’t want to give up some of their smallest freedoms even when it’s beneficial to them and the public. But typically yes, more freedoms can be beneficial.

In Canada it’s 14 dollars, not bad tbh.

@alquinn8576

4 жыл бұрын

$9.50/hr equivalent if converted to USD at PPP

@camerontausch7757

4 жыл бұрын

Its not nationally consistent, each province and territory has their own minimum wage. The lowest is $8.25 USD and the highest is $10.93 USD

Daily reminder that germany has no minimum wage

@ossigaming8413

2 ай бұрын

That isn't right. There are exceotions, but thats not the rule.

I’m not entirely on board with a livable minimum wage bc I’m still skeptical prices won’t jack up insanely but we should def tie wage increases to inflation to incentivize companies to keep prices low or risk ballooning their costs

If working congress man would be paid only minimum wage, it would go up much quicker.

@webx135

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe not minimum wage, but a fixed proportion of minimum wage. Basically create a bill that would make senator pay something like 6x minimum wage and house 5x. And then set the bill such that the multiplier can't change. If they want a wage boost, it has to come from a minimum wage boost. Then call it the "Congressional Raise Act", word the parts where congress gets a raise clearly, and then go revoltingly absurd in how much political jargon is used on the rest of the bill.

@abdisaniini

3 жыл бұрын

@@webx135 Didn't the founding fathers want Congress to have low wages so that people wouldn't just want the job to get paid? Or maybe not idk I'm Canadian.

@intergalacticalcommiteeofp9807

3 жыл бұрын

@@abdisaniini The democracy as it was first created in Athens stood on the facts that the positions weren't paid. Of course that meant only the rich and elite could actually serve those positions, but at least they didn't run for office for money and actually cared about the people (or were power-hungry maniacs. Whoever Athenians wanted as their leader at that moment).

@abdisaniini

3 жыл бұрын

@@intergalacticalcommiteeofp9807 Thanks for the history lesson! Never knew that, that's really interesting. Wouldn't that would form something of an oligarchy though? It would give politicians/business owners the power to choose their own businesses for government contracts and get even richer.

@joeym5243

3 жыл бұрын

Ya but that could promote corruption cause you got this power but not exactly a comfortable salary

While inflation is helpful, I think a GDP per capita growth tells a more compelling story about how low our minimum wage is compared to the country as a whole. Additionally, there is an argument that doubling minimum wage should result in doubling product's prices. That only makes sense if the product is created solely with minimum wage work. With the huge salary gaps that exist, any inflation caused by minimum wage increase should not "cancel out" the wage increase as many people suggest since so much "value" is created by non minimum wage work, like advertising and managing.

@Brain_Food-

2 жыл бұрын

Inflation isn't helpful. It weakens your currency and your GDP. Hurts basically everything. There is no upside. It eats your country from the inside out.

No minimum wage in Denmark, but the lowest wage bargained between employer and employee unions in my line of work (student cleaning job) is $22/hour.

@aceous99

3 жыл бұрын

22 euro?

@Lemonz1989

3 жыл бұрын

@@aceous99 $22 or around €19

People commenting here about paying politicians minimum wage seem to completely forget that politicians have other sources of income, so such measure would only affect the poorer and more honest ones.