RightSaidFred wrote on Mar 14
th, 2018 at 11:26am:
BigOl64 wrote on Mar 14
th, 2018 at 9:52am:
But isn't this the labor/green dream, no mining, no construction, no manufacturing, tourism, retail and entry level services positions all on minimum wage is what they want for all of us.
Every time those socialist clowns harp on about the 65 000 tourism jobs support by the GBR, that is 65 000 people on minimum wage barely able to pay their bills.
No-one wants to to do these sh1t jobs, mainly because poverty in never an aspirational goal for anyone, so you can thank one bill shorten for doing his best to make these the only jobs left.
They are dull jobs for unqualified people, many doing them are also attending uni or other ...... there would be a smaller % which it would be a job for life.
Either way arbitrarily raising the minimum wage just ads costs and may impact employment growth. It has to be done in a sustainable way !
You cannot expect the minimum wage to stay stagnant for years & years & still expect those people to pay for the ever increasing prices on all retail consumables, electricity, rent, rates, rego, public transport, etc. etc.
It's absolutely ridiculous to suggest reasonable wage growth against increased costs is only a concern to retail business.
To say - like they do - that every time there's an increase in the minimum wage it's going to impact employment growth or cost jobs is just scaremongering.
Trickle down economics has been an abject failure & has not created more employment one iota.