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Ready for FF prices to rise again?

Posted on 7/15/09 at 3:33 pm
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
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Posted on 7/15/09 at 3:33 pm
Minimum Wage going up to 7.25 July 24, 2009

Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 7/15/09 at 3:35 pm to
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Minimum Wage going up to 7.25 July 24, 2009



Yes we can.
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 7/15/09 at 3:38 pm to
Its perfect timing for the economy too.. I cant imagine many companies are excited over this and will likely cut jobs to make it up. Popeyes is going to cost 10 dollars a person. WITH COUPON..
Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 7/15/09 at 3:53 pm to
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I cant imagine many companies are excited over this and will likely cut jobs to make it up. Popeyes is going to cost 10 dollars a person.



What? You mean those business owners, the board, CEOs, and stock holders aren't going to absorb the hit to their P&Ls?


Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
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Posted on 7/15/09 at 4:00 pm to
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Yes we can.


actually, obama had nothing to do with this
Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 7/15/09 at 4:01 pm to
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actually, obama had nothing to do with this



But we still can, can't we?
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 7/15/09 at 4:14 pm to
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actually, obama had nothing to do with this


He wasnt a Senator in 2006?? It was apart of Queen count's first 100 hours legislation when the Democrats too over the house. I attribute this to Queen count and not Obama even though he did vote for it though. Its more of a Democrat adjenda though. But yes Obama has something to do with it.
This post was edited on 7/15/09 at 4:16 pm
Posted by tavolatim
denham springs
Member since Dec 2007
5114 posts
Posted on 7/15/09 at 5:13 pm to
Had fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, okra and tomatoes, and a roll....with tea for $6.00 at the State police Cafeteria today....the economy is in good shape....I can feel the change
Posted by Charles Bronson
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Posted on 7/15/09 at 5:21 pm to
Are you actually opposed to the minimum wage going up?
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 7/15/09 at 5:21 pm to
Ahh yes but go back AFTER July 24th and see..
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49260 posts
Posted on 7/15/09 at 5:26 pm to
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Minimum Wage going up to 7.25 July 24, 2009


Cheapest employee I have is around $21.00 hr. I don't think this is going to bother too many people and the ones that complain about it are pretty cheap anyway. Most fast food places are if not at this rate pretty close to it already.
This post was edited on 7/15/09 at 5:28 pm
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
69727 posts
Posted on 7/15/09 at 5:29 pm to
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Are you actually opposed to the minimum wage going up?




one of the worst things to do to stimulate the economy
Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 7/15/09 at 5:56 pm to
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Are you actually opposed to the minimum wage going up?


Does it really matter if it goes up?

It causes rising prices, which costs the minimum wage employee more to live everywhere they spend money, so it's pretty much a wash when it gets down to it. Those aren't jobs intended to live on. What they need more than a minimum wage increase is job training. Let the HS kids work there, and get the adults into jobs that can pay bills and offer a future for them. This minimum wage crap is just a show. See, we care.

Posted by DEANintheYAY
LEFT COAST
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 7/15/09 at 6:31 pm to
Shouldn't be eating crap fast food anyway!!
Posted by bnozzles
Member since Jul 2009
987 posts
Posted on 7/15/09 at 7:04 pm to
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Cheapest employee I have is around $21.00 hr.


You sound like someone who takes care of his employees. Which restaurant do you own?

Not looking for a job, just curious.
Posted by Broken Egg
Member since Jan 2008
777 posts
Posted on 7/16/09 at 11:54 am to
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Which restaurant do you own?

I don't know of a single restaurant that pays $21.00 an hour...I hope you were joking when you asked this question.
Posted by JFremani
Mid-city Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2009
1911 posts
Posted on 7/16/09 at 11:59 am to
I haven't eaten fast food in over a year.. I don't think I would mind the 5% increase in prices.
Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 7/16/09 at 12:37 pm to
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I haven't eaten fast food in over a year.. I don't think I would mind the 5% increase in prices.


You don't make minimum wage though, right? And that's who this is supposed to be impacting for the better, those who will be making minimum wage, and yet they will be spending more on everything so it's a wash for them in the end.


Posted by JFremani
Mid-city Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2009
1911 posts
Posted on 7/16/09 at 1:07 pm to
It is not a wash, but it will equilize back to where it was before. It always does.

Raw materials and non-labor factors are a significant portion of how much things cost. Only the labor portion of the costs will increase, thus the pay increase at the bottom is a higher percentage than the reactionary cost increase. Now, if you make $9 an hour and did not get a pay raise after the min wage increase, then your real purchasing power will probably drop by 5% or so (if not less).
This post was edited on 7/16/09 at 1:08 pm
Posted by Mike da Tigah
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Posted on 7/16/09 at 2:00 pm to
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Only the labor portion of the costs will increase, thus the pay increase at the bottom is a higher percentage than the reactionary cost increase.



Not when you figure in GPM. It will all go up incrementally in keeping with the same margins they operate on presently.


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Now, if you make $9 an hour and did not get a pay raise after the min wage increase, then your real purchasing power will probably drop by 5% or so (if not less).



That won't happen, because you know their pay will keep up with the min wage increase at roughly the same distance between the two. And then what will that do to the minimum wage employee, but put the same distance between he and that next level employee, and as inflation takes root, they will all be at the same place they were before the increase, which is why the only way to really change things for those people in job training and upward mobility. Leave the minimum wage jobs to students. That's what they are intended for, not to support a family.


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