Quote:Is $15 considered a lot over there? Hardly a large amount of money...Not sure why you want people on less? Be interested to see the wages of the people who want the poor people to make less

Wages and cost of living vary based on the state here. In Florida $15 an hour is close to the starting wage for skilled labor with a few years experience. Often construction workers with a specific skill make $15 an hour. Entry level mechanics not on flat rate make $12-$13 an hour until they have enough experience to make more on flat rate. I know in Flagler county the largest factory manufacture Sea Ray was maxing wages out at a little over $15 an hour generally they'd start around $10 an hour. $15 an hour isn't rich by any means but it's a wage paid to workers that have developed some kind of skill, raising that minimum wage to $15 is robbing all of them of their additional income. All the sudden a skilled worker making $7 an hour more then a cashier, would be making the same as a cashier.

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