Originally Posted by JaJae 
No I don't. I have employed more minimum wage workers than you have probably had co-workers in your life. If they're not a kid and they're making minimum wage, they're on government assistance. Raise the minimum wage and you hurt their assistance. You increase inflation even further and you increase the unemployment rate... particularly in the entry-level positions. You also hinder certain businesses from getting off the ground because it is no longer as profitable.
So far nothing has linked a minimum wage hike with inflation.. it seems to be something cooked up that just "fits"
And you can hollar all day and not be able to prove anything. Economics and experts all agree that increased minimum wage results in inflation. That's not debatable. What is debatable is how much inflation will occur.
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Most jobs don't pay minimum wage. And not all jobs should be paid to keep up with inflation, median incomes or cost of living. 5.15 an hour is plenty for many jobs in the American job market. 6.15 could be considered plenty. These numbers are arbitrary. Let the market dictate wages. That's what's best.
So $6.15 would be an acceptable minimum wage? wouldn't that cause inflation?
heh.
Salary jobs will always pay more than minimum wage. If you'll never be able to keep up. Minimum wage is just that.. the absolute minimum a worker can be paid. Why do you feel there are jobs in existence in this country that need to be paid no less than $7.15 an hour?
keep up?
it makes sense to stay even to prevent us from developing a poorer poor class, and thus also keeping peopl off of welfare.
I don't bitch about businesses doing anything as long as they're within their rights. The market should dictate wages. That's what's best for our economy and the poor.
hey, it worked well in the beginning of the industrial revolution, right?
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01-14-2007, 01:18 AM
