Quote:Another problem is you are using the same faulty argument and examples as the rest of the right wing brass.



a) if you want to raise the minimum wage to X why not raise it to eleventy billion dollars?!?! (or in examples of this thread 30/hour or 200/hour

b) 10.10 you want isn't enough so why bother doing it at all?


See the problem with these two statement? One they set the goalposts so far off to attempt to make the whole argument seem to be silly. The second frames the statement in a way to make the whole argument seem pointless.

The purpose of the $200 argument is to illustrate there is a balance to wages. That balance is the backbone of capitalism, supply and demand. When you try and adjust that balance even the slightest the adjustment is to eliminate or consolidate jobs.


To me those minimum wage jobs are a stepping stone if you eliminate them it makes it harder for anyone to get started. Or you drive that type of work underground.

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