What if it Snows?

actually it was very good!

 

The $15 minimum wage seems discriminatory to all the folks who worked all there life and are now on Social Security, and lot’s of them are not getting anywhere near $ 2,250 a month that the $15 per hour works out to

 

I'm going to try to politely disagree with you.

Mom's Social security check, including survivor benefits from dad, was close to her take home check from working as a clerk at a local hardware store. Mostly because Social Security has had many small Cost of living increases. Minimum wage has not had incremental Cost of living increases.

When Social security was set up, the powers that be believed that when a person retires they should have paid off their house with the only housing expense being property taxes and utilities. They should not need the current $1k or more per month for rent, space rent, HOA dues and fees, or any of the other stuff the general population has been hoodwinked into paying.

How it was explained to me was social security is a supplement to a retirement plan. It's not the whole retirement plan.

My basic plan is that Social security may pay for my grocery bill when I start drawing benefits. Not sure it will be enough to also cover property taxes after I do the next major round of upgrades. Any bills not covered by medicare and the grocery bill will be on me.

A young person just starting out existing on Minimum wage will see:
rent is going to burn about $1k even more in the urban areas.
Transportation costs (car payment, insurance, and fuel) or bus/train/taxi fare if walking to work is not an option will burn another significant chunk.
The feds and possibly the state are going to take another chunk in income/payroll tax.
A minimum wage earner is quickly down to shuffling which bills get paid, or ends up living in the parents basement.

There is a reason some urban areas and states have higher minimum wages than the $15 you are quoting.

Where I will agree with you is the $15 per hour feels a bit high in rural economically depressed areas.

Should the Feds be pushing the number that high? My opinion is No they should not. The states and other local municipalities should have been indexing local minimum wages as local conditions required. Unfortunately they did not so now the feds are feeling the need to do another over correction.

 

Just curious...So after 100,123 replies has anyone been able to figure out what to do when it snows ?

 

I stay home.

Others have different snow plans. Some go for it like a pig to slop. Others look toward monetary rewards for doing the job (I used to be in that group, but things change).

 

Yep things change as we get older...or no longer need the reward.

 

Time to make the donuts