[nfbwatlk] SUB MINIMUM WAGE
PUBLIC RADIO 113
publicradio113 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 12 19:16:04 UTC 2012
Would you hire a driver who only drove 20 miles/hour on the freeway? If
any of you reading this ever ran a business of your own you would realize
that you cannot afford to hire workers who are less productive. When I
began my medical transcription career in Chicago I earned far less than
minimum wage because I was paid on the basis of the work I could turn out
in an 8-hour day. It took a while for me to get my typing speed up to 120
words/minute, but I did. After 30 years of being an MT I retired in June.
I made $50,000 last year WITH BENEFITS. People who are so disabled that
they cannot compete can always use SSDI, low-cost housing, food stamps,
etc., to supplement their income. It should not be up to the employer to
provide a subsidy for disabled workers. Let's pay congress what they're
worth.
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Paul Van Dyck
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