Daley urges Wal-Mart to raise minimum wage :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State
8.75 an hour is really an insult in such inflationary times. Break it down and we are talking 18 thousand a year, before taxes.
After taxes, federal and state, it's even less. Now picture yourself raising a family of any size, or being single, paying rent, groceries, utility bills, transportation cost, and clothing. At 8.75 an hour, it's just another example of economic slavery.
It appears that corporations are still living in the 1970's. Hell with that wage maybe even the 1870's. Wake up greed merchants. The stuff you sell has tripled in price since those times. How do you expect workers to maintain a decent life with such a depressing wage. 8.75 an hour will never break the paycheck to paycheck cycle.
Give these potential employees a decent wage. It helps communities, it instills pride. Don't spit in their faces, and treat them as slaves with such an insulting 8.75 an hour.
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