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I& #39;m having a "discussion" on another forum about the minimum wage with someone who& #39;s hauling out all the usual talking points;
"we can& #39;t raise the minimum because prices would go up/if you want more money, get a better job/only kids are working minimum wages jobs, and they live at home with their parents."

Okay, let& #39;s talk.
First of all, re the "get a better job" line; in essence, that& #39;s saying that some work isn& #39;t worth paying a living wage for; that some people don& #39;t deserve to be able to survive on the work that they do.

Think about how shitty your life would be if minimum wage workers all quit
Second, I& #39;m not buying your "if we raise the minimum wage, prices will go up" line. It& #39;s an excuse to raise prices, sure - and we all know ANY excuse will do - but it& #39;s not a cause.

Third, I think we& #39;re looking at the wrong things.
Let& #39;s look at the kid making $7.25 at Dunkin Donuts. The contention is that, if we give that kid $15 an hour (though I say a living wage is $23, but that& #39;s a conversation for another thread), we& #39;ll have to pay more for our morning coffee, right?
Well, how much are we already paying for that morning coffee when Dunk& #39;s CEO was paid what works out to $357.20 an hour last year (and that& #39;s only his cash compensation).
That& #39;s to say nothing of the *other* executives, whose combined cash compensation worked out to $2,578.15 an hour, if my math is right.

How come we& #39;re not talking about THAT?

source: https://www1.salary.com/DUNKIN-BRANDS-GROUP-INC-Executive...)">https://www1.salary.com/DUNKIN-BR...
ALL work - and yes, I said ALL of it - deserves to be paid a living wage; if your business can only survive by paying your employees less than what THEY need to survive, perhaps you shouldn& #39;t be in business.

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