# Minimum Wage **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 13, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810 "2006-12-13T22:23:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/1 "2006-12-13T22:23:15Z")
So i was reading about the minimum wage law that is going into effect in Jan. There was a part i didnt understand. > **Exceptions From Minimum Wage Rates** > Learners and students (bona fide high school or college), after obtaining a Special Certificate from the Bureau of Labor Law Compliance, (1301 L&I Bldg., 7th & Forster Sts., Harrisburg, PA 17121) may be paid 85% of the minimum wage as follows: > > Learners: 40 hours a week. Maximum eight weeks > > Students: Up to 20 hours a week. Up to 40 hours a week during school vacation periods [http://www.dli.state.pa.us/landi/cwp/view.asp?a=142&q=206139](http://www.dli.state.pa.us/landi/cwp/view.asp?a=142&q=206139) ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/2 "2006-12-14T06:09:07Z")
seems obvious to me that they wrote in a loophole to underpay college students out of their own funds so they can have more $72,000 lobster bashes. ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/3 "2006-12-14T06:51:25Z")
you can’t have a capitalist society without the legal ability to assfuck the proletariat in as many ways as possible. ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/4 "2006-12-14T07:32:00Z")
That’s not even necessary, a lot of college students work for nothing, in their “internships.” The min wage concept is such BS to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/5 "2006-12-14T07:50:27Z")
> [@Pan's Labyrinth](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pans-labyrinth/26513/18): > > The min wage concept is such BS to begin with. exactly. living wage \> minimum wage ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/6 "2006-12-14T08:38:45Z")
living wage = socialism “Artificially fixing a price for labor above the market price causes a decrease in the overall demand for labor, leading to increased unemployment and a deadweight loss. Workers who lose their jobs would not receive the living wage. Furthermore, such wage increases can cause inflation, increasing the cost of living and decreasing the relative buying power of the living wage, which leaves the minimum wage earner no better off.” ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/7 "2006-12-14T11:03:24Z")
> [@My Weekend \*PICS\* 56k!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-weekend-pics-56k/26554/10): > > living wage = socialism socialism = win ---
**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/8 "2006-12-14T11:05:06Z")
> [@My '01 Audi S4 progress](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-01-audi-s4-progress/22563/117): > > seems obvious to me that they wrote in a loophole to underpay college students out of their own funds so they can have more $72,000 lobster bashes. thats what i kinda figured, but i was hopping that wasnt the case. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/9 "2006-12-14T11:55:28Z")
> [@Introducing the NYSpeed Volume 1 DVD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introducing-the-nyspeed-volume-1-dvd/26559/9): > > socialism = win :ugh2: ---
**Author:** ![yelo69](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yelo69/32/6023_2.png) [@yelo69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yelo69)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/10 "2006-12-14T14:14:14Z")
Good, it’s about time they give the poor companys a break. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_WS6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/black_ws6/32/5952_2.png) [@Black\_WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Black_WS6)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/11 "2006-12-14T20:17:58Z")
> [@Introducing the NYSpeed Volume 1 DVD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introducing-the-nyspeed-volume-1-dvd/26559/9): > > socialism = win :tool: ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/12 "2006-12-14T22:32:47Z")
> [@Pan's Labyrinth](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pans-labyrinth/26513/18): > > That’s not even necessary, a lot of college students work for nothing, in their “internships.” The min wage concept is such BS to begin with. no… it is nessicary… so those students that work for nothing or next to nothing can’t claim they are being supressed from the minimum wage when it comes time to get paid, it avoids pointless law suits… the minimum wage isn’t really just a concept if it’s a law, right and statute… ya know? ---
**Author:** ![Orr89rocz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/13 "2006-12-14T22:50:58Z")
what are you guys talkin about, work for nothing? most of the internships my friends have had earn $12 dollars and hour or MORE (like 16) and they dont do a damn thing at their jobs. but then again we are engineers thats a pretty penny for little work ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/14 "2006-12-15T05:06:33Z")
> [@69 Camaro resto - It's ALIVE! - no 56k](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/69-camaro-resto-its-alive-no-56k/13530/382): > > :tool: Roland:love: ---
**Author:** ![VictorSmalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/victorsmalls/32/5944_2.png) [@VictorSmalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VictorSmalls)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/15 "2006-12-15T05:18:51Z")
> [@Introducing the NYSpeed Volume 1 DVD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/introducing-the-nyspeed-volume-1-dvd/26559/43): > > what are you guys talkin about, work for nothing? most of the internships my friends have had earn $12 dollars and hour or MORE (like 16) and they dont do a damn thing at their jobs. but then again we are engineers > > thats a pretty penny for little work In the computer field alot of internships are unpaid. I learned alot at my unpaid compared to my paid internship. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/16 "2006-12-15T05:33:37Z")
> [@March 29th 8PM O Resturant and Lounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/march-29th-8pm-o-resturant-and-lounge/26580/2): > > Roland:love: the truth ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/17 "2006-12-15T07:26:55Z")
Where obi-1 and I work they pay interns pretty well and it’s a nice place to work with real computer software problems to solve with satisfying and challenging work. ( Shhhh…don’t tell’em I said that! ) ---
**Author:** ![Black\_WS6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/black_ws6/32/5952_2.png) [@Black\_WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Black_WS6)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/18 "2006-12-15T15:11:28Z")
> [@March 29th 8PM O Resturant and Lounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/march-29th-8pm-o-resturant-and-lounge/26580/2): > > Roland:love: 💏 ---
**Author:** ![Swarzkopf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Swarzkopf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swarzkopf)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/19 "2006-12-15T16:10:47Z")
Yeah, socialism is SO sucessful…the other Western nations that have adopted it are doing much better than we are, and the Eastern nations have really prospered. Oh wait, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810/20 "2006-12-16T08:01:08Z")
> [@Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/840): > > Yeah, socialism is SO sucessful…the other Western nations that have adopted it are doing much better than we are, and the Eastern nations have really prospered. > > Oh wait, nevermind. Canada? Western Europe? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/minimum-wage/186810.md?page=2)