(11-25-2020, 05:17 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Research? No. Evidence? Yes.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/05/business/...index.html

https://www.wired.com/story/why-amazon-r...imum-wage/

I'm sure I could go on if I cared to waste the time, but that should be all you need. Amazon and Walmart both lobbying congress to raise minimum wage? These guys are true humanitarians.

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(11-25-2020, 04:20 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote: That is exactly why you need labor laws... because free market capitalism has shown it will not behave fairly on its own.  It will invariably require a degree of regulation.  The argument is, and always will be, how much?  I don't think a minimum wage requirement is too much... even for small businesses to compete.  I am a small business owner and I am of the mindset that if you can't afford to pay your employees at least a minimum wage, your business would not be successful anyway.

I'm not opposed to labor laws, but I think politicians are saps. They are bought and paid for by lobbyists, and I don't trust any labor laws coming out of our Congress.