Quote:If the minimum wage is pegged to the poverty line then by definition he wouldn't be driven to social welfare, that's the point of raising the minimum wage.

 

So if the burger flipper now get's 19,000 a year instead of 15,000 a year and the Janitor gets 24,000 a year instead of 19,000 a year, the owner of the restaurant paying both their wages is paying another 10,000 in wages guess who's going to pay for that. That's called inflation then all the sudden that 19,000 a year is only as good as the 15,000 a year was a few years ago. Now you've raised the cost of living for EVERYONE and fixed nothing, brilliant. 

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