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Originally posted by: pjstroh
Your definition of "prosperous" is being able to eat, receive medical care, and have a bed to sleep in? Damn. Where the hell did you grow up?
Without the communist laws of the New Deal you would likely have dropped out of school in 5th grade to work in a health-hazard factory for 80 hours a week for peanuts. But you'd sleep well at night knowing the open market determined your income.
Originally posted by: pjstroh
Your definition of "prosperous" is being able to eat, receive medical care, and have a bed to sleep in? Damn. Where the hell did you grow up?
Without the communist laws of the New Deal you would likely have dropped out of school in 5th grade to work in a health-hazard factory for 80 hours a week for peanuts. But you'd sleep well at night knowing the open market determined your income.
Wait a minute. Where did I say we don't need any labor laws? And again, why don't third world countries just raise the minimum wage to eliminate poverty? Why? Because it doesn't work that way in the real world. They raise the minimum wage and a lot of those workers don't have jobs...and then they starve.
I'm saying minimum wage laws cause more harm than good because it kills jobs. They prevent some people from getting their first job...sometimes from getting any job ever. I'm saying if you can't make minimum wage and you need help with food, shelter and medical attention, it's not your employer's responsibility...but your government's responsibility. And it's better to have people working and subsidize their incomes than not having them working and subsidize their income. Duh.
You do realize that 96% of American Workers make more than minimum wage, right? OMG! How can that be that these evil employers would actually pay so many workers more than the government mandated minimum?
I'm saying minimum wage laws cause more harm than good because it kills jobs. They prevent some people from getting their first job...sometimes from getting any job ever. I'm saying if you can't make minimum wage and you need help with food, shelter and medical attention, it's not your employer's responsibility...but your government's responsibility. And it's better to have people working and subsidize their incomes than not having them working and subsidize their income. Duh.
You do realize that 96% of American Workers make more than minimum wage, right? OMG! How can that be that these evil employers would actually pay so many workers more than the government mandated minimum?
