tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post2592895963216125840..comments2023-12-23T13:25:43.770-08:00Comments on Rob Kremer: Minimum wage is a racist policyRob Kremerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842508120324878364noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-65394141576231667962007-01-11T03:52:00.000-08:002007-01-11T03:52:00.000-08:00Where I live they dropped the amount an employer h...Where I live they dropped the amount an employer had to spend to get an employee by setting the income tax at a flat rate of 16%, and halving some other taxes that were payed by the employer for the "benefit" of the employee, while in the same time making everybody pay this tax by dropping exemptions for low income. <br /><br />The result was that some 200000 unregistered workers got their papers, the lower salaries grew and about half of the minimum wage people got their salary doubled, and the amount of money payed to the state budget grew too, so in 2005 and 2006 the government had to revise the budget in the middle of the year to add expenses they thought they did not afford when the budget was voted.<br /><br />There were some plans to drop the income tax further to 11% while raising the added value tax from 19% to 21%.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-62763384666230066492007-01-10T19:10:00.000-08:002007-01-10T19:10:00.000-08:00Having a low minimum wage just perpetuates poverty...Having a low minimum wage just perpetuates poverty and underemployment (meaning, people work lots of hours but still can't make a family wage). Perhaps we should change our definitions of "low skill," and "menial labor" rather than advocate for a minimum wage that keeps people oppressed?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-86801011440820184502007-01-09T08:15:00.000-08:002007-01-09T08:15:00.000-08:00Total coincidence that Oregon is both a high unemp...Total coincidence that Oregon is both a high unemployment state and a high minimum wage state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-58405699937350344832007-01-08T17:16:00.000-08:002007-01-08T17:16:00.000-08:00Amen the previous.
I touched on Oregon's persiste...Amen the previous.<br /><br />I touched on Oregon's persistent unemployment and the minimum wage <a href="http://ludt.com/wordpress/?p=19">here</a> at <a href="http://www.rightoregon.org">rightoregon.org</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com