Should there be a MAXIMUM wage?
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Not at all - part of the basis of capitalism is that the better skilled you are in a field, the more you can earn to move ahead.\n\nIf there were a maximum wage, it would be interesting to see who would set it.  Politicians?  They could then make sure that they, along with industries that support them are subject to higher maximum wages than those they oppose.
11738
I don't think there should be a minimum wage. Certain jobs, many that are just taken by teenagers, are not worth seven dollars an hour. As long as we have people willing to do these jobs for any ammount, there should be no minimum wage. Telling private businesses how much they must pay their employees should not be the government's job.
25749
min wage + 30%.  that is the standard.
316353
Can they?  Yes.  Can they rationalize it?  Sure, by saying employee A produces higher quality work or something like that.\n\nFor many jobs, your pay is set based on experience, education, and other things that aren't directly related to the actual job.
516827
Why do you publish a question that you yourself give the answer to.  The greedy employers have to step up to the plate and start to pay a fair wage, a job doesn't stink if the wages are fair.  You must be able to live on the wages that you make, when a company like Exon gives its retiring CEO 400million dollars in benefits, it is ridiculous that they then pay their clerks in the convenience stores that they own the minimum wage.  Big Business SUCKS.
703087
Why not make it $100? \n\nThan making $208,000 a year will be equivalent to making $10,712 a year right now.\n\nOh, but that would mean the price of everything would go, since everyone would be making so much more money.  So, the price of a house that once was $200,000 would than be $5,000,000.  Still out of range for someone making $208,000 a year!\n\nBut other than that, great idea!!!\n\n***********\n\nPeter F, that's a really great idea taxing wealth at 3%.  The government already does too much wealth redistribution, we don't need anymore.\n\nThe answer is simple, the US rewards hard work.  If you want more money either work harder, or get more education.  If you are stuck making only minimum wage for more than a year or two,  then develop some ambition!!
917015
You are correct in your assessment,except a lot of illegal workers get paid in cash so the employer could still pay them what he wanted to any way.Still at $ 7.25 that's not a very livable wage but it better than $ 5.25.\nSmall cpmpanys will be excempt as they are now,from having to pay the minimum wage.It depends I think on how many workers you employ.\nI dont think it will have much of an effect on the illegal unless hes working somewhere that he gets a check and taxes taken out,then he may be able to get the minimum wage.
768701
Definitely raise in minimum wage.\nDon't ask for an explanation because that is self-evident .
742937
Wow, those are great if you can do them, and exactly what I would recommend.  However, most people find that their pay raise doesn't cover their cost of living increase, and will find it almost impossible to do any of these for very long.
546245
I feel that each country or place should have there own minimun wage.  Because from country to country prices vary.
927471
That's the inherent problem with minimum wage, You don't earn what you make. In other words the worker that strives to do his best is at the same level as a worker that doesn't. It's like the new rules for sports in grade schools, no scores are kept, or all are given a trophy just for playing. No incentive for doing a good job.\n\n      Oh and, at least from what is usually practiced on cost of living, yes there is a static adjustment. Not always right a way, but eventually all the way to the top management. and on a percentage bases, that is why the growing gap between white collar and blue collar.
853387
darn right there should be. say 10% if i make 100 bucks i give the gov 10, if i make 1,000 i give em 100, if i make 1,000,000 i give em 100,000, seems fair to me, unlike now where thoe more i make the less i bring home. before my last pay raise i brought home more money, im paying almost 54% of my income in taxes. the harder i work, the more i pay, for the people who arent working.. thats not fair to me.
446966
no there is no limit on wages at all or on the amount you can spend on buying players from other countries, the only limit is the funds your backer has thats why chelsea have got so good so quickly they have a russian billionaire as there owner who can spend as much money as they need and there wages are huge but its all small chips for him. most clubs have to balance the books and can only spend what they earn thats why you have such a difference between the rich clubs and poor clubs and why the same clubs win every year unlike alot of american sport
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You should also consider not just the wage, but the number of jobs available.  For example being a CEO of a top 100 company pays A LOT, but there are only 100 such jobs, so just knowing the average salary is very misleading.  In highly desired jobs, the salary can be high, but the competition is huge.  Get lots of good experience along the way and work at good resume content!
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I agree that it should be.\n\nBut the voters have to vote for the right candidates for this.\n\nThe last couple of years (and I don't mean just presidential elections) the people have been voting for candidates that are unconcerned about this issue.\n\nMake a difference by voting for a candidate that finds the significance in raising the minimum wage.
508793
A combination of both seems to me the best thing.  Let the market play to set prices/wages but have some control over it so you don't get a dysfunctions between what you earn and the price you pay for basic necessities.  Otherwise you fall into a feudal system where you have a 3%-5% upper class which is filthy wealthy and the rest which is poor and can be exploited.
1051771
I think it's absolute nonsense. They should be paid a normal wage like everyone else. Isn't it good enough that they get to do what they love for a living?