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Old 04-01-2016, 06:07 PM  
noshit
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Originally Posted by Rochard View Post
I don't know how I feel about this. I think.... People need to be motivated to "do better". The entire point of the minimum wage is to give you the "bare minimum" you need to get by. It's not meant to raise a family on. It says "if you want to do better in life, work harder".
If you as a job hunter want to take a $5-an-hour job offered by a prospective employer who sees that as the value of the job, why should that be against the law?
Moreover, to the extent that increased minimums raise the cost of hiring low-productivity workers, fewer of those workers will be employed.
...OH and nobody gives a Fuck How You 'Feel'

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