St. Louis will drop minimum wage from $10 to $7.70.

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NintendoPie said:

VGPolyglot said:

Yes, they're two different forms of exploitation.

So, abolish minimum wage and allow businesses to decide worker's pay, then? Raising the minimum wage doesn't mean there's no longer a minimum wage.

The minimum wage is exactly that a minimum it's a base line, it job is to give workers a living wage it also means that you have less pressure on government welfare because lowering it means you have less incentive to look for work because if you factor in the loss of govt subsidies on top of what ever unemployment benifit you get  can make it not financially worth while , many small businesses close and open every day and many other factors play a bigger role than minimum wage because it's not like your the only one paying it , the problem to me seems to be that where not talking about a national minimum adult wage that 's what we have in Australia around 18/ 19 dollars an hour being national means every one's on the same page and places like macdonalds can still add to their huge profits while employing juniors.