Is raising minimum wage nationwide a horrible idea?

[Hoodieninja]

Marks said:

DarkWraith said:
if minimum improves, everyone improves. skilled labor jobs will have to increase wages or lose their employees to walmart or staples or some other menial job where they can do nothing and get the same pay. the corporations aren't hurting one bit and can easily afford to retain talent. don't let anyone tell you otherwise, they are obviously clueless.

the concerns seem to come from the fear of the high school dropout flipping burgers making as much as someone who furthered their education and works in business or social work, etc. that will never happen, so that fear is irrational.

1. Well actually the concern for me is the high school dropout won't even be able to get a job flipping burgers. Raising minimum wage is like taking away the bottom few rungs of a ladder. It'll help the people already with jobs, experience, or education....and hurt the people looking for jobs with little experience or education. Will lead to higher unemployment, and higher prices. 

2. The thing is minimum wage jobs like flipping burgers or scanning items at Wal-mart are nothing more than rock bottom jobs you get as your first job so you can get experience then move on to something better...they aren't supposed to be the job you work at for 40 years then retire. They're for students, dropouts, or old people looking for easy part time work to supplement their pension. 

1. Not true, in fact if you look at the Income Gap from the Rich to Poor you'll see why, the rich have been getting richer and the poor have been getting poorer. There is more than enough money right now for the rich "Job Creators" to Raise the Minimum Wage.

2. Actually Minimum Wage jobs are suppose to provide a Decent Living. The fact of the matter is, Prices have been raising, The rich are getting Richer the poor have been becoming poorer.
That Depends, not everybody is able to either, some people have Disabilities. If anything They need to provide DECENT healthcare to EVERYBODY that works too. It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor. If the poor get into an Accident they'll have to worry about there Credit going down and Owing people money. Which makes it even harder to climb up the social ladder.
If people choose to work Minimum they should still be able to make a Decent living, which many AREN'T.