tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post1994032896942187562..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Minimum wage factoidsScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-32524143873253492162014-01-31T07:23:35.656-08:002014-01-31T07:23:35.656-08:00If farm workers were included, it would be even le...If farm workers were included, it would be even less, No??Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04418491109912775561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-70253422660793683712014-01-30T10:22:23.419-08:002014-01-30T10:22:23.419-08:00Curious if the stats include all the under the tab...Curious if the stats include all the under the table workers in the country. Surely a good % of the armies of child care workers, construction workers, unskilled labor and domestic workser are paid at minimum wage or below.<br />I understand the prevailing wage for nannies under the employment of Indian diploments is about $2 an hour. Seriously though, I walk around my neighborhood and see Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616454339935658018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-50914593927421226612014-01-30T08:56:51.099-08:002014-01-30T08:56:51.099-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-83631214105385379552014-01-30T08:30:16.188-08:002014-01-30T08:30:16.188-08:00Scott Grannis has just discovered a new 1% class!
...Scott Grannis has just discovered a new 1% class!<br /><br />What are the 99%ers going to do?!Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183141792723754273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-6044413673871926992014-01-29T19:17:51.687-08:002014-01-29T19:17:51.687-08:00"In 2012, 75.3 million workers in the United ..."In 2012, 75.3 million workers in the United States age 16 and over were paid at hourly rates, representing 59.0 percent of all wage and salary workers."<br /><br />Why was salary workers added at the end of the sentence?<br /><br />I had read it was 3% somewhere. If you remove the waiters and waitresses, it is a mere 2% and the Socshevik continue to work this issue with no effective Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183141792723754273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-66908568902478982122014-01-29T17:46:30.400-08:002014-01-29T17:46:30.400-08:00How unimportant as a labor market distortion is th...How unimportant as a labor market distortion is the minimum wage?<br />Right now there are more Americans receiving monthly "disability" checks from the VA (3.7 million) than there are earning the minimum wage.<br />Time to phase out the minimum wage...and the VA.Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.com