How do I know, because if an employee is WORTH $7.25 an hour and his employer offers him only $3, he is free to quit and work elsewhere. By taking another job at $7.25, he proves he is worth that hourly pay.
The problem is the folks that really are not worth $7.25 due their physical condition, mental capacity, inability to communicate, etc. While a business owner might be very willing to pay them a menial wage for menial work, he is forbidden to by law. The result? That weak, slow guy gets NO employment. How nice for him that you think you know what's best for other people!
On the other hand, restricting employment for the weak, slow and uneducated does force them on to the dole, which pretty much ensures they'll continue to vote to get their handouts. That seems like a really cruel way to build up a voter base to me.
Real example: When I was young I worked as a chef. We had a few young guys, a couple of homeless folks and an old, lonely retired gentleman come around wanting to do odd jobs on a regular basis. The owner would have loved to pay them a few bucks an hour plus a meal or two to wash a few windows, sweep the parking lot, wash the company van, etc. And, they were EAGER to work for that wage. However, she would of had to pay them minimum wage, which we simply could not afford for that kind of work. So instead, the full time dish washer did those other jobs after washing up the pots....or more often than not, the parking lot remained unswept and windows dirty. The end result? One guy employed at minimum wage instead of two or three guys employed at a wage that reflected what they brought to the job and more importantly, what they were WILLING to work for.
And you wonder why unemployment is so rampant among younger, older and less educated folks? There you go.
Contradict the logic in my argument if you can.
So I guess you cannot contradict my argument...crickets...I hear crickets...
Sorry... I do have a life outside of the Message Board... I was cleaning out my Garage of my $200k home that you think I am jealous of other people for.
Let me ask you... in this AMERICAN Economy.. who isn't worth $7.25/hr?
Is that the America you want to see? where Families and extended families live under one roof to make ends meet so that the wealthiest among us can afford another yacht or Lear jet?
IF that is the America you are proposing... good luck with that, because I will fight to the death to prevent it.
Lots of people aren't worth 7.25/hr. We can start with black teenagers, currently at over 20% unemployment. Then white teenagers. Immigrants who can't speak English.
You probably aren't worth that either, except you're protected by a union.