re: Arkansas Voted An Increase To The Min Wage - $11.00 Over 3 Years

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And the worker always has THEIR best interest at heart. Just like I have my best interest at heart, you have yours, etc. that’s the way of the world. Everyone and everything is self serving.

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This is correct, and exactly why government exists to begin with to say "no no just because this would be best for you, doesn't mean you can do it"

And that is what makes throwing the trash in the street the same as minimum wage laws. In both cases the government is saying "Sorry , but you can't do that, you must think of the needs of others"

And since you obviously aren't very bright, let me explain to you the first thing that McDonalds does if the government says okay no minimum wage laws.

THey go down to Mexico and recruit Mexicans to come up here and work for $4 an hour resulting in even more illegal immigration than we have now? What's that you say, we have laws to prevent illegals from coming up here and working? But you should oppose those laws because you've already indicated that you oppose laws that interfere with an employer and an employee agreeing on what they do.........

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And the worker always has THEIR best interest at heart. Just like I have my best interest at heart, you have yours, etc. that’s the way of the world. Everyone and everything is self serving.


This is correct, and exactly why government exists to begin with to say "no no just because this would be best for you, doesn't mean you can do it"

And that is what makes throwing the trash in the street the same as minimum wage laws. In both cases the government is saying "Sorry , but you can't do that, you must think of the needs of others"

And since you obviously aren't very bright, let me explain to you the first thing that McDonalds does if the government says okay no minimum wage laws.

THey go down to Mexico and recruit Mexicans to come up here and work for $4 an hour resulting in even more illegal immigration than we have now? What's that you say, we have laws to prevent illegals from coming up here and working? But you should oppose those laws because you've already indicated that you oppose laws that interfere with an employer and an employee agreeing on what they do.........

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You exhibit absolutely no understanding of economics

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And that is what makes throwing the trash in the street the same as minimum wage laws. In both cases the government is saying "Sorry , but you can't do that, you must think of the needs of others"

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No. Sorry. That back breaking reach doesn’t fly. They are nothing alike.

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And since you obviously aren't very bright, let me explain to you the first thing that McDonalds does if the government says okay no minimum wage laws.

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Ooph buddy.

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THey go down to Mexico and recruit Mexicans to come up here and work for $4 an hour resulting in even more illegal immigration than we have now? What's that you say, we have laws to prevent illegals from coming up here and working? But you should oppose those laws because you've already indicated that you oppose laws that interfere with an employer and an employee agreeing on what they do.........

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you are stretch Armstrong buddy.

Oh, and I feel the need to explain that “buddy” is an insult in this situation. I’m not really calling you my buddy. I feel like you aren’t bright enough to pick that up

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THis is such a lame argument

"Why not make the minimum wage $100"

Well duh frick stick because $100 an hour would make no more sense than the current $8.25 does.

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They're both arbitrary, made up numbers. Tell me what the minimum wage should be and why it should be that number and not a penny more.

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They're both arbitrary, made up numbers

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I agree with you in theory, but we can use price indexes and such to calculate the "living wage." While arbitrary, it's not completely pulled out of thin air

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I agree with you in theory, but we can use price indexes and such to calculate the "living wage."

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Yes, but those things aren't static. If minimum wage is $20/hr, those price indexes increase.

When Federal Minimum Wage started, it was $.25 in 1938. That's less than $5/hr today, adjusted for inflation. What was the logic of $.25, and why doesn't that logic still hold today?

Like I said, I just want one supporter to tell me why it should be $X and not $X+1.

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but, we would definitely have to shut the illegal immigration shite down to keep wages up for unskilled, construction, etc.

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Illegal immigration definitely puts downward pressure on wages, particularly for the nominally skilled

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When Federal Minimum Wage started, it was $.25 in 1938. That's less than $5/hr today, adjusted for inflation. What was the logic of $.25, and why doesn't that logic still hold today?

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min wage doesn't directly increase inflation, at least at first. during the initial year, inflation tends to go down because people are used to living on lower wages and thus save the lagniappe, i.e. relatively fewer dollars in circulation and spending staying constant.

but, once they get used to having more income they spend more, a lot more. and that's what causes it to increase rapidly in years 2-3 post increase.