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HBninjaX said:

Why? Wage laws are stupid. Why should a bunch of corrupt politicians decide what private business owners should pay? Let the market decide. Switzerland has no wage laws and they have a low 2.3% unemployment rate.

If a job pays too low go work somewhere else.  No one is forcing you to work there.  In fact if another job is paying more then they'll attract more workers than the place that is paying less


Switzerland has among the biggest average wages in the world. That's a proof that high wages is not a cause of unemployement. Which makes minimum wages a good thing. Bad example.

Edit : Even afghanistan and china have minimum wages. I'm sure illinois people don't want to have less social policy than afghanistan and china.