Sen. Jared Storm put it this way.
“A minimum wage increase is essentially a tax on small businesses," he said.
What a gaping asshole
Anybody ask him what a tarrif is for small business?
When he has no employees to work in his sweatshop I wonder what his complaint will be then? Probably the “This generation doesn’t want to work!” bS they always say.
Small businesses are almost exclusively businesses that need a working class with disposable income. It doesn’t help a steel mill or car company or RAM manufactures that much if the workers have $50 extra spending money, they work a massive market where the consumer demand is global and decoupled from their workers.
However, the restaranteur, arborist, florist, hairstylist, masseuse, carpenter and countless other small local businesses live of the worker’s disposable income. When they vote to squeeze their few workers they vote to squeeze thousands of customers.
Corporations of course do not care about the local economy, hell for them it is just a nice bonus if it is a bit shit so they can exploit workers more with the looming threat of unemployment.
Squeezing the workers is pro-corporate policy and an attack on petit bourgeoisie.
I thought age discrimination was not allowed? I guess they assume a bunch of teenagers, many of whom are parents themselves, will be too broke to fight it in court.
No no, age discrimination is only disallowed if you’re old and incompetent. If you’re young you’re just a dumb inexperienced kid who isn’t worth paying a living wage to and just needs to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
Unfortunately this is true: https://www.eeoc.gov/age-discrimination
Does that mean they get an automatic raise when they reach the correct age? I feel like my high school boss would just fire anyone who crosses the threshold and bring in a younger replacement.
I’m sure that’s the idea
lol funny
Because old fucks make our laws age discrimination only applies towards those in their age group. Everyone else just gets to go fuck themselves.
Is it illegal? I worked a summer job as a 17 year old and everyone less than 18 got payed slightly less than anyone 18+. This was in Michigan.
Nice regression Nebraska, at a time when everything is already too expensive and young people have a small chance to ever buy a house.
If they don’t want teens working and they don’t want immigrants in the country at all, who is left to do the actual hard work? Let the Nebraska legislature fill in.
I think you’ve missed the obvious here that they do want teens working for immigrant rates and this is a step toward that.
What a modern day distopia looks like. Way to go Nebraska, forcing your kids to slave for your owner class at below normal wages, that are already far below average global wages, and now risk life and limb for peanuts. Bet they have a hard time finding workers, eh?!
Damn, did the people vote for that or did the stupid cunts in office did? People you gotta make sure these “elites” have a wake up call, and remind them THEY work for YOU not the other way around. I personally suggest we use force at this point against them, seeing how they make laws that they can’t follow themselves.
Back in 2022 we voted to increase the minimum wage from $9 to $15 by going up $1.50 a year for four years. So the first of the year the minimum wage became $15 an hour. This law was passed by the Senate, so we did not vote on it.
Side note: The minomum wage for tipped employees is still only $2.13 an hour plus wage compensation
First, they came for the teenagers…
Holy Shit! At least the people who pass these shitty, oppressive laws will always get their increase. /s
Always looking for new ways to fuck the kids
You know what would have prevented this? Higher pay for the Unicam. The 1k/mo salary Legislators get only encourage those who have a primary passive income with nothing to do to set our laws in this state.
So if they can lower minimum wages for teenagers, does this mean they could lower the minimum wage for everyone?
Yep
“Are there no prisons? Are there no work houses?”
