Quote:If you can't afford basic necessities of life on an entry level wage, then something is wrong (with that wage). Working people shouldn't suffer. 

 

OR the job they're doing is meant for people that are working for experience and not self sustainment. Teenagers for example traditionally filled the minimum wage jobs previously, my first job at 14 I made $5.15 an hour. Even at 40 hours that's not enough to support myself much less a family, but it was my first job and from there I continued to build experience and eventually got another job making more than minimum wage. 

 

What your proposing or supporting is that 14 year old getting his first job should be making $10 or $11 or $12 an hour at an entry level, what happens in that case is the owner of that company says, no thanks I'm not going to hire 14 year olds to push carts I'll find another way to do that task.

 

Some jobs are remedial they don't require any skill or experience that's why they pay so little, people working at McDonalds shouldn't expect Fry dipping and Burger flipping to sustain them in a career, if they love the work they should learn to cook or open a restaurant but don't drop fries and expect to be paid a living wage. 

 

 

Quote:Why is this unclear to you? You think that it's better for the government to subsidize big business through social welfare programs?

 

NO I don't support government subsidizing big business, I support letting people be free to pay their workers as they see fit. No one is forced to work anywhere we don't have contracted or slaved labor. 

 

I support the Free Market.

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