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Which would you prefer?

Would you prefer to make $7.25 an hour or $7.25 an hour?

  • $7.25 while minimum wage is $5.15

    Votes: 11 37.9%
  • $7.25 while minimum wage is $7.25

    Votes: 1 3.4%
  • It doesn't matter. They are the same.

    Votes: 17 58.6%

  • Total voters
    29
  • Poll closed .

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Assuming everything else is equal would you prefer to make $7.25 an hour while the minimum wage was $5.15 an hour or $7.25 an hour while the minimum wage is $7.25?
 
I honesty don't see how it would make any difference either way.

Btw, don't know if you're attaching a poll right now, but you still can by using the thread tools if you neglected to click the "post a poll" option.
 
I honesty don't see how it would make any difference either way.

I suppose it's an emotional thing. It feels better emotionally to be making 40% above minimum wage than to be making 20% above minimum wage.

It doesn't feel good to be labelled as bottom of the barrell even if that's not neccessarily true.

If minimum wage goes up to $9.00 an hour, the people already making $9.00 an hour will not be content with $9.00 an hour any more. It's just a speculation. I am going to see what others say when they chime in.
 
I suppose it's an emotional thing. It feels better emotionally to be making 40% above minimum wage than to be making 20% above minimum wage.

It doesn't feel good to be labelled as bottom of the barrell even if that's not neccessarily true.

If minimum wage goes up to $9.00 an hour, the people already making $9.00 an hour will not be content with $9.00 an hour any more. It's just a speculation. I am going to see what others say when they chime in.

Fair enough. One bit of advice, always choose the option to make your polls public.
 
I fail to see the difference. If we were talking $7.25 relative to the price of a big mac this poll would make more sense.
 
Fair enough. One bit of advice, always choose the option to make your polls public.

Sometimes I do that. Sometimes I don't. Some times I don't make them public in order to encourage more participation. I don't want to scare people off. Other times I choose to make them public to prevent people from lying. In this case nobody really has an incentive to lie about it.
 
I fail to see the difference. If we were talking $7.25 relative to the price of a big mac this poll would make more sense.

The OP states that all other things are equal. The price of the Big Mac would be the same under either scenario.
 
Irrelevant.

Minimum wage shouldn't exist. Also, I wouldn't leave myself in a position to only make minimum wage for an extended period. I would work to get out of that situation.
 
The OP states that all other things are equal. The price of the Big Mac would be the same under either scenario.

Then it doesn't matter.They are the same. The only difference is that the first one you would only be making a few bucks more an hour than minimum wage which is still ****.
 
Irrelevant.

Minimum wage shouldn't exist. Also, I wouldn't leave myself in a position to only make minimum wage for an extended period. I would work to get out of that situation.
I am sure those companies that outsourced to China agree with you.

Chinese Workers Pay for Wal-Mart's Low Prices | International Labor Rights Forum
Li said these factories often require employees to work as many as 80 hours per week during the busy season for $75 to $110 per month,
 
$7.25 while the min wage is $7.25. I wouldn't want anyone in this country to try and live off of $5.15 an hour.
 
$7.25 is barely above the poverty line for an individual and for a family of two it's just below.
 
$7.25 is barely above the poverty line for an individual and for a family of two it's just below.

There were only two choices. Making a million dollars per year was left off because I thought everybody would choose the million dollar option. This would limit the flow of the discussion.
 
$7.25 is barely above the poverty line for an individual and for a family of two it's just below.

The argument for the first choice is that if minimum wage was $5.15 and you were earning $7.25 instead than it's possible, assuming that doesn't become the norm and prices increase, that you would have more buying power.
 
$7.25 while the min wage is $7.25. I wouldn't want anyone in this country to try and live off of $5.15 an hour.

Very good point. Thanks for giving your opinion on the matter.
 
There were only two choices. Making a million dollars per year was left off because I thought everybody would choose the million dollar option. This would limit the flow of the discussion.

When I don't find an option (choice) I can agree with, I don't choose, then explain why.


The argument for the first choice is that if minimum wage was $5.15 and you were earning $7.25 instead than it's possible, assuming that doesn't become the norm and prices increase, that you would have more buying power.

Yeah, I understand the reasoning but I can't get behind the premise.
 
Irrelevant.

Minimum wage shouldn't exist. Also, I wouldn't leave myself in a position to only make minimum wage for an extended period. I would work to get out of that situation.

I have already said this but there was only two options. Making a million dollars per year was left off because I thought everybody would choose the million dollars option.

If minimum wage is $5.15 then you wouldn't be making minimum wage.
 
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When I don't find an option (choice) I can agree with, I don't choose, then explain why..

Would you rather make 50,000 dollars per year or 10,000,000 dollars per year?
 
Irrelevant.

Minimum wage shouldn't exist. Also, I wouldn't leave myself in a position to only make minimum wage for an extended period. I would work to get out of that situation.

You obviously have never worked at Walmart, the nations largest employer. What if everyone was like you? Who would ring up our sales?
 
I'll answer your question, when you answer mine.

Please answer my question. Do you prefer $50,000 or $1,000,000? I am so curious to hear what your opinion is.
 
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