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Do you think the minimum wage increase makes a difference?
KTVZ Asked by KTVZ
1037 Votes

Do you think the minimum wage increase makes a difference?

Yes, anything helps!

6

No, it's not enough.

11

Yes, anything helps!

6 Comments
Barb Egan
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Barb Egan

People cannot live on what the minimum wage is now. Simple logic!

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Leslie Ann
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Leslie Ann

BUT THE COST OF LIVING NEEDS TO QUIT RISING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BENEFIT THE PEOPLE.

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Sheri Clarke
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Sheri Clarke

Too many people lost their jobs.

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Randy Gillespie
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Randy Gillespie

Thank you Andrea you must feel the same way I do we've on the front lines from the beginning and all we get is abused by all the people that took time off for the pandemic and have free money to step on the back of people to try to help them out nobody cares about the Frontline worker God help Ameri

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Randy Gillespie
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Randy Gillespie

I think the price increase is great for people to get back to work and get off an appointment and living off the government cuz this is not the American way Americans work for a living get off your ass and go back to work

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Andrea Keller
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Andrea Keller

I also think that people who are holding out on unemployment should return to work. Some of us have been working throughout the pandemic without the option of taking government aid or unemployment. it's time to do your fair share and participate in the community you live in

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No, it's not enough.

11 Comments
Scott Albert
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Scott Albert

This poll is redundant. It is a simple fact(common sense) that an increased minimum wage costs jobs.

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Christena
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Christena

It's not necessary at all. Living costs going down would be a better answer.

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Ed Ludwig
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Ed Ludwig

Minimum wage was never meant to live on.

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tim collins
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tim collins

Like always it just gets passed to the consumer.

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Kristina Biederman
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Kristina Biederman

It's not necessarily only about salary. The cost of living (food, housing, gas, health insurance, etc) have all greatly increased. Paying increased minimum wage results in increased prices for businesses that often cannot afford to pay more.

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Sorina Kawas Mooney
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Sorina Kawas Mooney

Hurts the small business owners. They will just hire fewer people to compensate. Geez, tired of people who have NEVER run a business before making these kinds of decisions.

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k san
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k san

I should be $15!

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Josh Shaffer
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Josh Shaffer

Renting in this town is all ready on the absolutely crazy side. Increasing minimum wage will just makes things worse. its bad enough i get my rent raised every year and well this increase wont cover it at all. The renting prices are out of hand and I feel no matter how much I make it wont matter

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Amanda Wallace
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Amanda Wallace

It doesn't help because it just causes the cost of everything to increase. Therefore, it makes no difference.

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Kimmy Wasatch
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Kimmy Wasatch

It will never be enough, as long as people get "free money" from the state and federal programs, they will not work. Stop the handouts!

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Have you switched over your winter tires?

Have you switched over your winter tires?

Yes

0

No

2

Yes

0 Comment
No one has commented yet

No

2 Comments
SunnySunshinestein
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SunnySunshinestein

Can't get an appointment with Les Schwab until May....

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steven
steven

That's what their website says. I called and got an appointment within a week.

Should the county continue to spend money on Juniper Ridge homeless camps?
KTVZ Asked by KTVZ
302 Votes

Should the county continue to spend money on Juniper Ridge homeless camps?

Yes

2

No

2

Yes

2 Comments

No

2 Comments
snowzone
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snowzone

The county doesn't pay my garbage or water bill and I pay taxes.

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Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

Bend doesn't have a homelessness problem they have a mental health and drug problem

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