Originally Posted by
Fishy.....
http:///forum/post/2652342
Fact huh.... No offense - but are you sure you are not mentally handicapped?
Well as most Obama bashers in this thread have asked for - show me proof that your seemingly ignorant statements are true. Prove to me statistically that families do not work for minimum wage and what percentage - as you state the "poor" are mostly unstable or handicapped.
Educate me oh wise one...
Previous to your posts regarding this particular matter I was under the impression that at least some of your statements were somewhat educated.
How did I miss this post. Wise One, I like it. Maybe admin will give me a name change
I assume you will accept the bureau of labor Statistics as a credible source?
http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2004tbls.htm
Minimum wage workers tend to be young. About half of all hourly-paid workers earning $5.15 or less were under age 25, and about one-fourth were age 16-19. Among teenagers, about 9 percent earned $5.15 or less. About 2 percent of workers age 25 and over earned the minimum wage or less. Among those age 65 and over, the proportion was 4 percent. (See table 1 and table 7.)
From Table 8
Percent of minimum wage earners never married total 62.1
16 to 24 years old 48.7%
25 and over 15.1%
Married, Spouse Present minimum wage earners total 24%
16 to 24 years old 3.2%
25 and over 20.8%
Other marital status collecting Minimum wage total 13.9
16 to 24 .08%
25 and over 13.1%
http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/pubs/.../wage.cfm?js=0
""An adult minimum wage earner might not be so poor if the pay of other workers in the household supplements his or her income. Consider workers earning less than $8.25 (about half the national average hourly wage), a group that comprises both minimum wage earners and those whose incomes are low enough to be affected by the proposed increase. Fewer than a third of these workers are the primary breadwinners in their households, according to Census Bureau estimates, and less than 10 percent are the heads of households below the poverty line. Since the majority of low-wage earners are not dependent on their own income and the vast majority do not head poor households, raising the minimum wage will not significantly aid the working poor.""
It's the herritage foundation but it's sourced.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm1181.cfm
Effort Earns Raises in Short Order
The evidence shows that minimum wage workers experience rapid upwards mobility. Between 1998 and 2003—a time when the federal minimum wage did not rise—the median minimum wage worker earned a 10 percent raise within a year of starting work. During this period, over two-thirds of workers starting out at the minimum wage earned more than the minimum a year later.[6] Once workers have gained the skills and experience that make them more productive, they can command higher wages.
The government cannot force employers to pay their workers more than they are worth in terms of their productivity. A firm will not pay an employee $7.25 an hour if his labor only raises profits by $6.00 an hour. However, workers can and do choose to become more productive—increasing their earnings in the process.
Three-fifths of minimum wage earners work part time, and many are students and young adults who desire this flexibility.[7] But minimum wage workers who choose to work longer hours gain more skills and experience than those who work part time, and as expected, they earn larger raises. A typical minimum wage employee who works 35 hours or more a week is, within a year, 13 percent more likely to be promoted and, on average, will enjoy a raise worth five percentage points more than that of a minimum wage worker putting in fewer than 10 hours per week.[8]
