It could be eighteen dollars an hour or twenty dollars an hour. The only thing "magical" about fifteen dollars an hour is that social services cost the equivalent to fourteen dollars an hour and it is rational to expect persons in our capitalism based economy to act on that rational choice.
Fixing Standards for the Union is a (social) power delegated to our federal Congress.
Why would no one be working? I don't get your assumption based on the line of reasoning presented.
We don't need low wage jobs in our first world economy. Why would better jobs not be created with higher productivity from robots?Because the robots took their job.
Not standards in all things. The federal government is not intended to be involved in every issue.
Yes we do. We need low wage entry level low wage jobs.
I don't know what they are thinking. They are obviously poorly educated.
I don't know why some equate poorly educated with low wage. I don't see that as anything but odd. Today's low income workers - let's say crop pickers - are fundamental to survival. Without them, there's a lot of shortages. Why are truffles so high priced - for heaven sake they're found by pigs - but we can't seem to reward the people on a grand scale, of which we depend, like the people collecting avocados or almonds?? The reason why I ask this is because perhaps the solution is to value those that DO work hard, that cannot be displaced by robots in the immediate future, and most of all, should be a more valued asset to say, the guy peddling Chinese crap at a huge profit on Amazon. Thanks!!
And leftwingers want all American jobs eliminated on behalf of China.
Promoting and providing for the general welfare is not All Things, but are expressed in our federal Constitution.
No, we don't. We are better off if they are automated and Labor becomes more skilled instead.
Simply raising the minimum wage can create more demand and generate more tax revenue. That is what you never see.
Simple economics instead of nothing but fallacy.
You mean unlike slaves? Why do right wingers even bother to complain about Government regulations.
Nope, you are simply projecting, right winger. Some on the left want the minimum wage raised in the US and tariffs on Firms going overseas merely for Cheap labor in our first world economy. Cheap labor should not be any form of consideration for Capitalists in our first world economy.
The person making thirty dollars instead of twenty is going to spend more instead of less. Some people may not want to do it themselves even with the higher price. The positive multiplier applies more rather than less.
