Quote:Not at all, the problem is when you let a third party that has never operated in that line of work set the wages and not the market.

There are very few jobs that actually pay minimum wage, and it's mostly entry level, non skilled labor that is paid minimum wage. When you raise the minimum wage the ones you hurt are the guys that have worked their way up over entry level pay.

 

These jobs that offer minimum wage, McDonalds, Walmart, Car Washes, these are not jobs meant to support a family. 

That's a reasonable argument I suppose. I still don't agree with the idea of profits raising but wages not following at all. I think cost of living increases to the point that even those jobs need to pay more. 

 

I personally know a couple skilled laborers (dry wallers) that cant support their families without working a slew of extra hours. No they don't work for themselves. They have no savings and live check to check as they go job to job. It just doesn't sit right with me when I see people working 40+ hours a week and forced to live pay check to pay check while their employers make obscene profits that increase year to year without fail. 

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