Maybe instead of raising the bridge we should lower the water..

Maybe instead of raising the bridge we should lower the water..

In the news for the past few years is the minimum wage fight. Depending where you work, what type of work you do.. it will effect your wages.  If the product that is made, goes across federal lines/ state lines..  OR  is sold to the federal group.. it has to go by Federal guide lines and wages… If not, then it goes by State guide lines for minimum wage.  And if it is neither then you are at the mercy of the employer..  One of the ones who falls into that valley is wait service..  waiters, and waitress…  Some have been paid as low as $2.50 and then they count in their tips. Which can be ok, or it can be lousy.. Some employees have gone home with less than $5.00 on their checks because of the shuffle of tips and wages. It is so complicated, I can’t keep track of it.. when my granddaughter was a waitress.

So anyway… the hassle is over the raising of the minimum wages.. I am not sure what the minimum wage is anymore. I was to say $12.   Going thru the hassle of the pros and cons, the graphics have showed that with the cost of living.. meaning rent, food and utilities, that takes two to work to break even.  That isn’t even counting medical, or a car loan..

So I was thinking.. instead of raising the bridge of wages.. why not lower the water… the cost of living..  As rent is judged on cost…. cost of the loan of buying such building, property taxes (no deductions as it is not the prime resident of the owner). And some owners, just because they can ask.. And people have to pay. Because of the supply oppose demand numbers.  So it isn’t completely the owners fault.. but if they lowered the rent, it would help the workers.. And yes, I know it is a living hell to rent your property to some people.. I get that.

Then there is the product… the price of the product, especially for bigger business, is high for high profits..  Once again.. I know there are some reasons..  There is regulations.. there are health insurance, the deductions for their share of unemployment, SS, and Medicare and etc..  That is why the small business are not as well off as bigger business…  

If we were to cut or limit, or even take away a lot of the regulations, and other things that get in the way of the product or service being so high… the higher wages wouldn’t be needed..

One of the biggest gouges is the CEO bonus.. They are thousands and in some, millions a year, on a lot of the companies.. Bonus of that portion should be eliminated all together.  No, you do not need the bonuses because it is your job to do what you do.. AND you are being paid way more than the workers under you, for your job. And said workers do not get the same portion of bonus if they get any at all..  stop and think about it.  If those workers did not do their job well,  you would not have a job.. It is the workers who get the service done, get the product out in a timely manner, made the best they know how… If the CEO office is empty.. the rest of the company can still continue… Because the supervisor know how to do the CEO’s job.  The ideas come from the lower end.  The CEO’S job is to delegated work. 

So if we get rid of a lot of the bloating on the bottom of commerce, maybe the wages would be fine…  because as I see it.. the higher the bridge goes, the higher the bottom has to go.. it is a catch 22 situation. 

But then again.. everyone thinks my thoughts on this is old fashion.