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Originally Posted by Guest
So, if I hear you correctly, you think that there should be NO minimum wage whatsoever and it would be entirely up to businesses to determine the wages to be paid?
Isn't that going back to the days of the "robber barons" who would employ workers and pay them almost nothing? That is why labor unions were established as well as the federal minimum wage.
I do see your side BUT that ship has sailed. There IS federal minimum wage and it will not be going away. The question is whether or not to raise it to $15 per hour and create a living wage or not. The Democratic platform will be having incremental increases in minimum wage to $15.
Yes, your hamburger and beer at Codys might cost 50 cents more and your WalMart toilet paper might cost 75 cents more for the 24 pack. The Cody's waitress and WalMart employees will make a decent wage while they hopefully increase their education and skill to find a job paying more money.
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You still do not get it. Minimum wages is NOT a living wage and is not supposed to be. And you did not read any of the rest of it as to reasoning why it should not be a gov mandate/controlled. If you do not wish to listen, then don't ask a question.
You are a bleeding heart liberal that thinks that anyone that is not equal to you, MUST NEED TO BE ASSISTED. Perhaps, not everyone wishes to be as you, or perhaps they are not as motivated as you. YOU do not believe in Free Enterprise, so just have everyone hired on as a gov employee, whether they like it or not.
And what is really pathetic is that you liberals ALWAYS wish for someone else to pay for your ideas and mandates. Oh, but the rich have more than they need. Who dictates what a person needs or wants? You are not even an American when you think like a commie. You can not force your welfare on others. Just leave them alone and they will either swim or sink...their choice. If you think that is cold hearted, then try waking up to the real world. This is not and never will be Obama's socialist Utopia.