Do you think the minimum wage increase makes a difference?

Asked by KTVZ

1,038 Votes

Do you think the minimum wage increase makes a difference?

55%

Yes, anything helps! Yes, anything helps!

45%

No, it's not enough. No, it's not enough.

55%

Yes, anything helps!

I think it's great that the Oregon minimum wage is going up. It's much needed!

I think it's great that the Oregon minimum wage is going up. It's much needed! Show Less

6 Comments

Barb Egan

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

Leslie Ann

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

Sheri Clarke

Too many people lost their jobs.

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

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

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

45%

No, it's not enough.

I don't think 75 cents is enough. The minimum wage is not a livable wage.

I don't think 75 cents is enough. The minimum wage is not a livable wage. Show Less

11 Comments

Latterdaysaint

It kills jobs

Scott Albert

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

Christena

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

Ed Ludwig

Minimum wage was never meant to live on.

tim collins

Like always it just gets passed to the consumer.

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.

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.

k san

I should be $15!

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

Amanda Wallace

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

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!

Asked by Greatist

6,960 Votes

Do you use coconut oil?

69%

Yes. I love it! Yes. I love it!

31%

No. But I want to! No. But I want to!

69%

Yes. I love it!

24 Comments

Paul Burgess

because I like coconut oil and try to use evey day for different reasons.

Greatist

Bc coconut oil is THE BEST.

Laura

I've seen proof of coconut oil's benefits in my own body: using as body lotion, cooking/baking, and some of the tips listed in this article. Coconut oil rocks!!

Dean Kelly

it rules!

ศุภฤกษ์ นาแพร่

Benefits of Coconut Oil

Xenia Chrysostomou

everything its written is true, and really works!

Janice Batton

Because I LOVE THE MANY USES AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF USING COCONUT OIL!

Ritesh Raman

good article for common man daily use

Luciana Gama Lombardi

Because I've just bought a jar of coconut oil and I am amazed!! It's the next best thing since sliced bread :) I can use it for so many things and it works so well.. OMG!

Miriam Rivera Carrero

already using coconut oil for many of the info on here. Cheap and it actually works :)

Gautam Adhikari

Coconut oil is high in nutrients and it is good for the hair.

Rebecca Slosberg

I started using it in my cooking because of the high smoke point, and now i use it for a lot of things on this list. Now i have even more uses for it!

Ed Drahos

Love coconut shortening for deep frying. Because of the high smoke tolerance. Please note this is the shortening. I use extra virgin olive oil for most other things.

Linda Griffiths

GREAT TIPS

Angelina Katrina Pickering-Smith

I love coconut oil I use it for literally everything. I eat it and use it on my skin and hair also for pulling and found it works better for oral mouth thrush than any medication I have been given.

Carla Stine-Rizkallah

Because this is a natural everything blessing!

Dai Jiawen

I use/eat it everyday

Kristina Baker Rivera

Oil pullimg makes me feel great & helping clear my oral thrush quickly & Curbs my appetite

Alex Walker

it is easy to take and good for me, that makes me happy

Bev Irish-Zielinski

I've been using coconut oil for a while now for many reasons. I buy refined, organic, coconut oil in a jar for about $6 @ my grocer. No coconut smell, solid that turns liquid easily & no coconut taste

Mariea Amedori

good for everything Father has been using coconut oil for years He is 91 We love it

Niquole Abram

Because it is amazing! I use it for a good chunk of the ideas listed here. I've gotten rid of so many health and beauty products using just this especially hair products. This stuf rocks!

Donna Fulton

I am a user

Swapnil Tayade

i use it as hair oil only... :)

31%

No. But I want to!

6 Comments

Andrea Tongue

I haven't found it in Belgium yet....still looking :)

Babatunde Adediji

Because of the benefits

Ashley Duran

Never tried coconut oil, so I plan to do a bit of factual research. If even some of these are true then heck I'll buy the oil in bulk. :)

Magdi Agwa

because i am intersting about it

Sherry Brockleman

Ive heard so many good things about I

Sue Lintz

I had no idea how versatile it is. I'll try it.

Do you recycle?

78%

Always Always

22%

Never Never

78%

Always

It helps the environment.

It helps the environment. Show Less

22 Comments

Susan Mclaughlin

I try whenever I can.

Barry Rashford

If we want a plastic ocean then we should continue to do what we are doing.

k san

Because it is the right thing to do.

Stuart Alpert

hello

Larry Ewart

As much as possible

Sarah Croom

I do but I go rounds w/ my guy. Ever since China stopped taking our recycling he stopped doing it. Idk if all that is real, I have noticed that our garbage guy just loads both cans into the same dump bin & it’s not sorted. So that’s really disturbing. Every little bit helps I feel. I rec. everything

Carolyn Morris

Always, I Re Use Water Bottles.

Misty Schrotberger

My mom has a cow if we don't

kaycstamper

I do what I can but live in an area where they don't have it. Still I save bottles and cardboard to take to recycling. I cook from scratch so don't really have cans.

Michael Stafford

It is the least we can do to preserve our resources.

Julie Brantley

We pay by the pound for certain items so why not pay less and recycle - it's the right thing to do for me and the environment.

JoãoVitorJ J

Yes, I recycle

Milena Santana

because it helps the environment

Cornelia H. Dunnings

I like to help the environment. I even pick up cans & bottles near my car in parking lots.

Joyce Koch

I feel I'm helping out.

Linda Jeffcoat Amick

Why not?

gena

Although I can only hope that it's useful because there is no proof that what is supposedly sent to the recyclers they actually carry through. You always hear about it not being done.

Evey G Quines

It's the least I can do

Bonita Davis

We take our own garbage to the dump and pay by the pound. Recycling is free so the more we recycle the less we have to pay.

Jill Hoadley Chalk

It's important to reuse as many things as possible.

Ann Wilbanks

Our duty to recycle. If it goes to the landfill, it piles up. Be responsible!!

Rachel Clara Smith

Of course! Everyone should recycle!

BJ Arey

We recycle everything possible. We also take cloth bags shopping, use insulated bag with blue ice for cold items & take reusable containers to restaurants for leftovers to take home.