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i_luv_licca 
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Is $8.71 an hour for a deli/cafe worker who is 18?
How about $6.43 an hour for a 16 yr old?
What is minimum wage these days?
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Bill Gates makes 34 times the min hourly rate of an 18 yr old... In one second!! 
http://www.templetons.com/brad/billg.html
| Quote: | | Which means that if, on his way into the office, should he see or drop a $1000 bill on the ground, it's just not worth his time to bend over and pick it up. He would make more just heading off to work. |
In answer to your question, sorry I don't know
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Proud Pies 
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eddiesmith
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| $484.40 a week? I thought we were underpaid but we get more than 3 times that. How could any adult live on that, its not possible |
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bazdaddy 
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As a casual at my place of employment I earn $10.50 an hour as a 17 years old...that increases after 6pm 9pm public holidays and weekends...not sure if thats of any relevence.
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Dr Alf Andrews 
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And don't be fooled by the recent increase awarded by the so-called "Fair Pay Commission".
Employers were whingeing about it, as they always do ... but Howard and Costello couldn't hide their glee because they knew the Commission had done its bit to allay people's fears about the new IR laws just enough to get the skunks re-elected.
I guarantee that if the Liberals get another 3 years in office the minimum wage will be frozen ... if not reduced ... while prices continue to increase.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
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David 
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well I dunno about now, but when I started at McDonalds as a 15 year old 3 years back I was getting $5.50 an hour. I now get $12.70 as an 18 year old.
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Proud Pies
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| Dr Alf Andrews wrote: | And don't be fooled by the recent increase awarded by the so-called "Fair Pay Commission".
Employers were whingeing about it, as they always do ... but Howard and Costello couldn't hide their glee because they knew the Commission had done its bit to allay people's fears about the new IR laws just enough to get the skunks re-elected.
I guarantee that if the Liberals get another 3 years in office the minimum wage will be frozen ... if not reduced ... while prices continue to increase.
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lol, get out of my head Alf.
I said something similar when a friend rang me and toldme that the 'Fair Pay Commission' had awarded $27. I said, of course they did. there's an election next year and there is no way that they wouldn't have awarded a 'reasonable' increase.
Considering there had been no increase for 18 months prior.
If the current Federal Govt get back in.....you watch, FPC will, as Alf said, freeze the minimum pay (it's been frozen for over 15 years in the USA at under $5 an hour in some places......most are under $6.00 an hour).
Big Business will also go all out on the No Choices legislation, they've been pretty quiet at the moment because they have been advised by the Federal govt not to do anything that may jeopardise them being re-elected and that once they are re-elected, more changes will be put in place for them.
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eddiesmith
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| Oh well we can always give Labour a couple of terms to send the country broke, they are very good at that and seeing they cant build tollways they will just have to increase Taxes to pay for their stupidity |
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Proud Pies
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| eddiesmith wrote: | | Oh well we can always give Labour a couple of terms to send the country broke, they are very good at that and seeing they cant build tollways they will just have to increase Taxes to pay for their stupidity |
hmmmmmm didn't think you were old enough to vote.....
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eddiesmith
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| Proud Pies wrote: | | eddiesmith wrote: | | Oh well we can always give Labour a couple of terms to send the country broke, they are very good at that and seeing they cant build tollways they will just have to increase Taxes to pay for their stupidity |
hmmmmmm didn't think you were old enough to vote..... |
You must enjoy being wrong then... |
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HAL
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Proud Pies
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| eddiesmith wrote: | | Proud Pies wrote: | | eddiesmith wrote: | | Oh well we can always give Labour a couple of terms to send the country broke, they are very good at that and seeing they cant build tollways they will just have to increase Taxes to pay for their stupidity |
hmmmmmm didn't think you were old enough to vote..... |
You must enjoy being wrong then... |
no, i seriously could have sworn that recently you wrote that you were 17. I didn't make it up, but i may have misread it.
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HAL
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bazdaddy
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| Proud Pies wrote: | | eddiesmith wrote: | | Proud Pies wrote: | | eddiesmith wrote: | | Oh well we can always give Labour a couple of terms to send the country broke, they are very good at that and seeing they cant build tollways they will just have to increase Taxes to pay for their stupidity |
hmmmmmm didn't think you were old enough to vote..... |
You must enjoy being wrong then... |
no, i seriously could have sworn that recently you wrote that you were 17. I didn't make it up, but i may have misread it. |
That may have been me who you read was 17.
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