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Originally Posted by Snowprint
You’re worried about golf fees going up? How about, instead of worrying about paying a little more for a worthless leisure activity which, I expect, will not affect you at all, worrying about someone being paid a living wage? How about thinking about someone working a full time job making less than $350 a week before taxes? How does that person pay for shelter, food, clothes, children etc? They aren’t worried about green fees or having their lawn look pretty. Paying someone a living wage isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity for a country that possesses as much wealth as the United States. I, for one, refuse to have any sympathy for someone who’s more worried about the amount they pay for green fees...
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Quite a few illogical statements here. First of all not sure the person who wrote it (don't know them) but seems they were not worried about "golf fees", but if they were, isn't that why people move to a place to retire where they can enjoy some simple pleasures ? So, of course the air gun shooters will "worry" about the price of ammo, the golfers the price of golf, and the boaters the price of fuel. Also, "worthless" activities ? Really ? There is a GREAT DEAL of research to refute that, don't need to say any more. I am not a tennis player myself, but that certainly doesn't make it "worthless". Now the important part of this is, if the person who wrote it actually studied economics, and was not writing this out of emotion, then they know that family making $350. a week is going to now get pushed FURTHER down the economic ladder to a much lower quality of life. When every local business ads a penny or two, a dime or two, or a dollar or two to every product, and they will HAVE to or they and their family go down one rung on the scale of economic basic stability. The guy with the wife and four kids who started a lawn care business with himself and his brother ? HOW else will they NOT allow their family to move down one rung, unless they raise their prices to allow them to pay their minimum wage lawn care workers ? And those workers ? A gallon on milk and a some cereal and bananas will now cost them much more than the percentage of the "raise" they received. It's all an illusion, there are no short cuts to making everyone "equal".