Thomas Sowell defined the minimum wage as $0.
The market in each community and industry should determine the value of a worker and the market is based on among other things supply and demand . I read recently read where the Job guy who has a television show said that they cannot get people to do trade type jobs. Welders he said were paying up to $140,000.
So, either potential employees do not want trade jobs , don't desire to apprentice or they do not have the motivation or employable skills to perform them
Employers are also subjected to supply and demand and as such you cannot artificially alter this equation without consequences and certainly not without increases in productivity.
Making such demands as we deserve an increase in...is tantamount to giving every kid a trophy just because s/he showed up for the game
Too many people have been brained wash by this entitlement mentality and have such do not understand that value is based on successful and productive improvement.
when I was a kid I parked myself at the Personnel Office every morning for three months begging for a sweepers job in a factory because I was married and going to college nights. I recognized that all I had then was desire to offer an employer. I suspect many reading this post have similar stories.
Personal Best Regards:
Last edited by rubicon; 01-03-2017 at 06:36 AM.
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