DIYbanter - View Single Post - OT: Lumber prices double, triple, cost of new house +25K

Ralph Mowery[_3_]

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Agree that $15 is too high for some jobs but $7.25 is slave wages and
has not kept up with inflation.

You need balance. If you want to keep jobs in the USA you have to pay
enough for people to buy the products we make.

There does need to be a ballance. It looks bad when a CEO makes 100
million a year and the workers are asked to work for $ 10 an hour.

Sometimes the pay has to come up for jobs to get people to work for
them. The sports players can ask and often get millions due to the
highest bidder. The common worker is not much in demand.

Around here at this time many are making more being unemployed than the
jobs pay. Many food places are having a hard time getting people to
work and have signs out saying help wanted. A friend works a job going
around inspecting food places to see if they meet the franchise company
standards. Good paying job for the work. However they are trying to
hire people. Many put in applications because the government says they
have to apply for jobs, but do not show up even if they are hired.

After I retired, about 6 months later I ws asked to come back for a rew
months for a special project. I asked for $ 2 an hour because they told
us that is what they were paying us counting the retirement and pension
and such even though we were only making $ 1 an hour. So I asked for $
2 an hour as I would not receive any benefits. They did not want to
pay, so I turned them down.