Really the market should determine minimum wage.
I disagree with a flat national minimum wage because not all area's are equal.
by artificially increasing the minimum wage the government hurts places that can't actually support
itself. it also falsely increases prices more than what some people can afford lowering their pay checks.
if a state wants to increase their minimum wage then at least the voters can decide and should decide.
that way small town USA doesn't get busted and go broke.
The actual minimum wage is $0, because unemployment exists.
If you wish to maximize the number of people employed, then you should
A) get rid of the minimum wage, and
B) ensure that public support to the poor or working poor don't discourage work below a certain threshold.
Otherwise people have to choose between low paid work and low paid leisure, and the latter will often win out.
In other words, you support no minimum wage. Thanks for your input. Next.
Good advice! Maybe people need to search better jobs more aggressively.
In other words you have no argument next.
nor can you read. i do not believe in a national minimum wage.
it should be state by state if a state wants to implement a minimum wage.
This is why the conservative viewpoint on this has no merit. Maximizing the number of people employed without taking into account the employee's wages, benefits, and happiness is a fool's errand. Let's say we have 0% unemployment with people working 2 or 3 jobs with no healthcare or retirement. How is this good for the United States? What conservatives chronically fail to realize is that there is a big difference between quality vs. quantity. I'd personally rather there be 5,000 well-paying jobs than 10,000 minimum wage jobs. The unemployment rate isn't just a number to boast (or to get angry) about, it represents the livelihood of individuals and small families who are trying to eke out an existence in an era of sky-high economic inequality. When businesses say, "I can't afford $15 an hour", where is the evidence? And, I mean that sincerely. Where are their balance sheets for us to inspect why they cannot afford $15 an hour? Why are we just supposed to take their word for it. And, if these businesses can't afford $15 an hour, then let them go out of business. We need an economy for everyone, not for those who are already wealthy because of their inheritance. We have people who are working 2 - 3 jobs with no health insurance or living off medicaid (our tax dollars). That's unacceptable.
I'd personally rather there be 5,000 well-paying jobs than 10,000 minimum wage jobs.
When businesses say, "I can't afford $15 an hour", where is the evidence? And, I mean that sincerely.
Prove how he cannot legally work.All it does is create unemployment and make white liberals feel good about themselves.
If Joe's labor is only worth $8 per hour and the minimum wage is $10 per hour then Joe cannot legally work.
Thus post is untrue garbage and incorrect terminology.Minimum wage laws do not increase wages. If the government passed a minimum price law of $2000 for used cars, the law would not increase the worth of your $500 junker by even one additional penny, and you would not be able to legally sell it. You would be made worse off by the law. A $15 minimum wage law means no one whose labor is worth less than $15 may legally work. There is no benefit to setting a minimum price for wages or used cars.
Wages are a cost just like rent is. If a shop owner claims he can't afford rent above a certain price, would you need evidence before you believed him?
Wages are a cost just like rent is. If a shop owner claims he can't afford rent above a certain price, would you need evidence before you believed him?
Well, 0% unemployment by itself is really bad: nobody’s changing jobs and everyone is stuck with what they have. But if unemployment was that low, then there’s a severe labor shortage and businesses are competing fiercely for workers.This is why the conservative viewpoint on this has no merit. Maximizing the number of people employed without taking into account the employee's wages, benefits, and happiness is a fool's errand. Let's say we have 0% unemployment with people working 2 or 3 jobs with no healthcare or retirement. How is this good for the United States?
Really the market should determine minimum wage.
I disagree with a flat national minimum wage because not all area's are equal.
by artificially increasing the minimum wage the government hurts places that can't actually support
itself. it also falsely increases prices more than what some people can afford lowering their pay checks.
if a state wants to increase their minimum wage then at least the voters can decide and should decide.
that way small town USA doesn't get busted and go broke.
Thus post is untrue garbage and incorrect terminology.
Well, 0% unemployment by itself is really bad: nobody’s changing jobs and everyone is stuck with what they have. But if unemployment was that low, then there’s a severe labor shortage and businesses are competing fiercely for workers.
What happens to wages and benefits in those circumstances?
everything goes up when companies have to compete for workers.
this is basically laws of supply and demand.
Exactly. But Huey doesn’t seem to think market forces exist. Many extreme liberals don’t, and think the government needs to do everything.
To be fair, many conservatives refuse to accept that market forces don’t always work and the government is often needed to step in.
those republicans are few and far between.
Much of employment in the private sector is small business, including retail. The rapid decline of brick and mortar retail sales due to the Internet and Amazon combined with most of American industrial jobs shifted to foreign child slave-labor sweatshops, it is unlikely the wages-economy can provide jobs to another 20,000,000 unskilled, uneducated immigrants competing for these declining jobs -while the ever increasing national debt and foreign balance of trade deficits will continue to lead to inflation rapidly reducing the value of the US dollar.
Increasing the minimum wage won't really help much as the value of their wages might be less than the inflation a higher minimum wage could cause.
Where are their balance sheets for us to inspect why they cannot afford $15 an hour? Why are we just supposed to take their word for it.
And, if these businesses can't afford $15 an hour, then let them go out of business. We need an economy for everyone, not for those who are already wealthy because of their inheritance. (...)
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