It seems that an elementary question is being overlooked in the discussion/debate about a $15/hr minimum wage: Why should the federal government substitute its judgment over the judgment of individual states as to what their minimum wage should be?
Even the proponents of a $15/hr minimum wage are now acknowledging that local exceptions are probably necessary, so why even talk about it on a national basis? The arguments about "backward" states abusing their own citizens have become antiquated; nowadays, they appear more to represent a fear of competition from these states.
So why do we still need a federal minimum wage?
Even the proponents of a $15/hr minimum wage are now acknowledging that local exceptions are probably necessary, so why even talk about it on a national basis? The arguments about "backward" states abusing their own citizens have become antiquated; nowadays, they appear more to represent a fear of competition from these states.
So why do we still need a federal minimum wage?
