I have always been a little perplexed by the "minimum wage is bad" thing.
Can someone explain how paying employees less is supposed to be a good thing when the cost of living is constantly increasing? Regardless of the administration that is in charge the cost of living will increase. What is the point of getting paid for a job if you can not support your family off of it.
Is there supposed to be some hidden tax component that comes with it that is supposed to actually make this a good thing for the worker? Or is it specifically for the business's benefit only?
Personally I would think that there would have to be an immense amount of accompanied legislation and reform to even make it viable. Immigration reform (NO Illegals at all), complete tax reform and much much more, just to begin. Virtually, IMHO, making it impossible for the idea of dissolving minimum wage to exist, you are never gonna get support on both sides for all reforms to make it viable.
if you dont run a business, cant explain it to you.
Didn't I tell you to start PMing me BEFORE you make assumptions? It's not very becoming of you..
I do run a business, we have no problem paying our employees above minimum wage and offering healthcare.
I could understand (but fundamentally disagree) with the argument against raising it.. But, I cannot fathom that abolishing it is fair to the middle class, poor and even workers with higher educations.
So please, do explain the rationale...
even if you dont want to abolish it, change it to either be fair, or allow some businesses to opt out of it, its real hard when it comes to private businesses to tell them how to run it. and this says to the private sector, "we re going to tell you how to run your business"
and if you run a business this is part of the "I cant explain it to you" if you are in the tank for the government telling you how to run your business so be it, its your choice. if you are profitable now, let me explain to you, theres always a good chance you might come across NOT making payroll and you will be cursing minimum wage.