(11-25-2020, 03:53 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: The same thing is still occurring today. Not with race, but with class. Big companies benefit from minimum wage laws, because it tanks their future competition, small businesses.

The broader point is that minimum wage laws prop up one group at the expense of another. Race is irrelevant.

I agree with that to some extent from the perspective of small business owners vs. corporations.  But I am also a believer that minimum standards are required for laborers and that includes a fair minimum wage; you don't want sweat shops at work here.  Its a balancing act that is often difficult to pinpoint where the precise point of fairness is.  It requires negotiation, and ultimately, legislation.

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