| The Ghost of RubangB said: Hahahahha, I came in here expecting an argument that the federal minimum wage was too LOW because it isn't actually a living wage. Look at it this way: if you work a minimum wage job, THANK YOUR GOVERNMENT. What that means is: that job would love to pay you less, but the government won't let them, because the government understands that without people who are alive, there will be crazy revolutions. And people fought for that right. It's called progress. I didn't expect the crazy argument that "all progress is bad, because the constitution didn't say 'things could get better.'" You know what else isn't in the constitution? Rights for women, blacks, gays, children, or pretty much anybody that isn't a white male landowner. So we had 2 options: amend the constitution, or burn it and start over. Luckily we chose the former, and here we are, still getting better very slowly. |
That is one way of looking at it. Another way would be that the groups and minorities you've listed are now worse off for the fundamental flaw in this IR legislation = a minimum wage lowers available jobs. Unskilled people are now being pushed out of the market and are completely dependent on welfare, because businesses can't afford to hire more people for less and build up their skillsets and experience with a minimum wage in place. Not saying that I advocate this point of view, but the argument has merit.
