Mr Khan said:
it speaks towards their attitudes towards the poor and the working class and worship of the free market as some sort of cure-all, which in this day and age is reason aplenty to not vote for someone. |
minimum wage and a (close to)free market go together well. we need some standards to maintain a working society, thats why u cant sell ratpoisoncookies or dangerous electronics, and nobody brags about that beeing against the free market.
the problem in the western world is that some dont wanna have a free market, they want to exploit the society with tricks, and want money from the taxpayer without reasons.
we in germany hadnt a minimum wage till last year, and a lot of people in work had to get welfare checks because they only got 5 or 6 euros per hour. now with 8,50 minimum wage u only need welfare while u working when u have a big familie, thats fine for me, kids are expensiv, and we cant just let em starv or just let the middleclass and above have children.
and not a single job was lost... why? because the labor price doesnt realy matter if u need the work to be done. and the state has more money because it has to pay less welfare(its just 350 something euros(thats enough for a living in germany, food is realy cheap)+ rent+ intern cost of the state, but it ads up if 1 million people doenst need it).
and no i dont get minimum wage. i get welfare because im a old grumpy guy that worked for 50 year in a steal mill, i mean a student that gets 10€ a hour for sitting a the counter at a supermarket to bay my rent and the 600€ a year for college(well not realy for college but for studentfund(cheap food at the mensa, partys,free sport,cheaper fees at opera, theater etc.) and the card for the train,bus,tram, etc(yes we can use busses for free in the town we study in and trains in an area of 250km+- oh and bicycles)
