I think it really depends on where you live - but in most places $10 / hr. isn't really a "livable" wage anymore.
It's so frustrating. Just yesterday at Walmart I noticed that packets of single-serve Star-Kist tuna went up in price from $1.00/pack to $1.24/pack.
In some other thread awhile back, I posted about an ice cream server (ice cream cone place) was being paid $21.00 an hour. That was on my local news. That works out to $43,680 a year. Wages haven't kept up with inflation, but the unfortunate fact remains that higher wages contribute to inflation, making it worse. Nobody wins.
If they’re like many places they keep the hours just low enough that they don’t have to pay for benefits. I would also guess that the place likes to hire students or people that just want part time hours.
I agree with all you wrote. The thing is, ice cream servers at the establishment I wrote about are earning $43,680 a year, whether it is one of them full time or several of them working part time. So the result to consumers paying for ice cream cones, the cost is the same either way: higher.
No. This is a price increase due to their increased costs. Southeast Asia, home of a lot of manufacturing for US apparel, has been hit very hard by tariffs.
Depends on the state. Indiana and Kentucky both have a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. Some of these businesses still hire at minimum wage! If a company wants good help, I'd suggest they pay way more than that. You're right though, most people aren't going to work for $10/hr. If I was young and desperate I would. When I was a teen, my first two jobs were minimum wage. I was happy with it, but I could afford it because I was still living with mom and my step dad.
It's $7.25/hour here in North Dakota, too. I think that's outrageously low. How could anyone live on that?
It's true. I make more than $15 an hour and with my bills and meds and groceries I spend more each month than one paycheck.
They're usually in income based housing and getting some form of assistance. And they can't afford basic needs.It's $7.25/hour here in North Dakota, too. I think that's outrageously low. How could anyone live on that?
In other words the taxpayers are subsidizing the employees and the employer.
According to what I looked up subsidizing is supposed to help them pay people more so I would say no. Quite opposite if people are barely getting pd enough to live on.
Understood..
Texas also has a $7.25 minimum wage, which matches the federal minimum wage which has been $7.25 per hour since 2009. Many states have not set a separate minimum wage from the federal minimum, in which case the federal minimum applies by law. In this case, it is irrelevant, since businesses here are not basing their pay on state and / or federal minimums - such as the one I posted about in my post #151, where they are hiring at $2.75 above the state / federal minimum, while still paying lower than like businesses in my area.
I'm not surprised to read your account, but I would just add that customs are different in Texas, since generally we aren't prompted to tip when ordering to go and paying at the counter, except at Starbucks.
I agree, and it does seem almost arbitrary in many ways. I certainly don't have the solution. I wish there were no starving people in the world... plenty of jobs, etc. My mother used to say, wish in one hand and
in the other and see which one gets full faster. 
Buffets in Vegas used to be really reasonable, not so much anymore. The Palms A.Y.C.E.
I know your post is over a year old now, but I just bought a dozen for $1.98 at Aldi's. I haven't been eating many since COVID, but I do like eggs once in a while.
The other day I used a Domino's coupon I had for a free, 2-topping medium pizza. I used carryout instead of delivery because (1) I didn't want to pay the delivery fee and tip and (2) with the new app we have for the doors, I still don't know how to let someone into my building (
).@Brookswood, I don't follow cryptocurrencies at all. I plead complete ignorance. But hasn't the Trump family established one or several cryptocurrencies? How are they doing? (Not that I feel any temptation to invest in those.)
