What are your thoughts on the "Fight for $15?"

The fight for $15 forgets the other part of the work force. Those that have worked hard to attain wages higher than $15 an hour will face a slap in the face in fact demotion, though that demotion will not be seen on paper. No fight for $15 fighter has addressed the wages of the rest of the work force.

Hmmmmm!!! I never saw it this way, that's crap...when a Private E1 receivers way below the Country's minimum wage for way less risky jobs with a chance to get maimed for life, or even suffer unseen wounds that are not physical...I wish we can have someone REALLY fighting for the Military folks in Congress...after all we have a lotta VETs in Congress. I know we all volunteered, but if you look closely any job one applies for whether it's McDonalds or Exxon-Mobil, Congress or landscaping jobs... they are all volunteer....simply because you choose to apply...then you have the choice not to accept their job offer...yet they have wage protection. Thanks for bringing this forth...I'd like to know others have to say, what more supporting or contrary researches are out there...

I'm disgusted by it.

The very thought that someone is entitled to $15/hr with no regard the skills and abilities they bring to the market is just perpetrating poverty.

Flopping Whoppers is a job for a high school kid that hasn't yet learned to work. If someone is an adult trying to live on $7.25 an hour they need to be uncomfortable... they need a wake up call to learn a skill, better themselves, apply other places, move to a different city, join the military... ANYTHING other than sitting there in their own pathetic existence.

These poor people need an education... Inflation marches along pretty steadily at 3% a year. That means if you don't get a 3% raise each year the net result is that you actually get a pay DECREASE because cost of living certainly went up.

I think it's time Companies are greedy and the poor suffer, time to defend them a little and not the greedy companies. Let's help them out by improving their earnings so they can afford to live decently. http://www.businessinsider.com/iraq-veteran-on-why-raise-minimum-wage-2015-11

Well Chaplain, as much as a lot of us are bothered by the expansion of government beyond its prescribed limits (and setting wages is definitely going beyond), it's hard at the same time to begrudge people the 15 dollars per hour. 15 an hour is still a miserable wage, and some are talking like it's a lot of money or something. As far as unionizing goes, they certainly have the right to do that if they wish. I don't patronize fast food establishments, so I'm not sure what impact all this is having on prices or quality, etc.

It is ridiculous. IMO this rewards individuals who refuse to better themselves. If you want a higher wage then learn a trade or go to college for a degree in a career field that pays well. If you only have a high school diploma or didn't bother finishing high school then making the current minimum wage is what you signed up for. Reality is a hard pill to swallow for people who feel they're owed the world for the simple action of being born.

I don't think we can afford it, or sustain it... Everyone thinks they are worth more than they are... So lets raise military pay, 1st responder pay, and teacher pay too...

I doubt these protesters demanding to earn more per hour than a paramedic, LPN, or entry-level law enforcement officer could work at this American success story: Treat Employees Well -- The Snyders always held their employees in high esteem, paying them higher wages than competitors and calling them associates to make them feel more connected to the franchise.

"They believed in sharing their success with their employees," says Perman, noting that In-N-Out associates make $10 an hour working part-time and starting store managers make $100,000, plus bonuses tied to store performance. The company benefits package is also generous. Such treatment engenders loyalty from workers.

"They have the lowest turnover rate in the fast food industry, which is notorious for turnover," says Perman. "They say that the average manager's tenure is 14 years, but they have managers who have been there 30 or 40 years."
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/05/24/in-n-out-burgers-six-secrets-for-out-and-out-success/

When asked why a fast food worker should earn more than a paramedic who is trained to save lives, the protester's response says it all:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/11/12/watch-answer-fast-food-worker-gives-when-reporter-tells-her-paramedics-dont-even-make-15-an-hour/

People with a lack of how business operates on a fundamental level should not protest what they don't understand.