[Vision2020] Sub-minimum wage

[Tom Hansen]

Arnold stated:

 

"I think . . . probably . . . "

 

Wow!  Now, does anybody need any more certainty than that?

 

And the wheels keep on turnin' . . . *squeak . . . squeak . . . squeak*

 

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007) 

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:08 PM
To: Bev Bafus; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sub-minimum wage

 

I think waitresses probably do better than $3.35 an hour. If they didn't,
they wouldn't stay doing the job, they could go work at Wal-Mart for $8-$10
an hour. And I think few people would be unable to qualify for Wal-mart
work. 

 

If you raise the mandatory wage for waitresses, food prices will rise, and
then less people will afford to dine out creating less jobs in the industry.
Wages, not food, is the highest cost of running most restaurants. 

 

I do agree, people must be pretty hard up for work to work for that wage
when so many other jobs that pay a greater amount are available to them. 

 

I would concentrate more on safety and health conditions for workers, rather
than mandatory wages. 

 

Regardless, Bev, you are paying a portion of the waitresses wage, either in
the cost of the food, or in the tip. The nice thing about the tips is that
it will, over the course of the long run, weed out the waitresses that are
rude or uncaring to their customers. How nice it would be to weed out some
of those people when I visit other certain places.

 

There are many people that make substandard wages, truck divers, cab
drivers, hair-cutters, newspaper deliverers, painters, artists, actors, and
even lawyers. If they are good, they will do well, if not, they will seek
employment better suited for them. 

 

Best,

 

Donovan 

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