Quote:That's the problem. You admit there is a problem but your solution is to let the poorest suffer. The rich get richer an poor get poorer. You can't stop the rich from accumulating more wealth and really they shouldn't be stopped. What we can do is help those stuck at the bottom.


I'm lucky to have lower middle class parents probably not unlike yourself that sacrificed for 20 years so I could have a chance to better myself. My life is better for their sacrifice. I watched them struggle. I argue that giving a third or more of yourself and your life so your progeny can have a better life than yourself should not only be not be necessary but should be frowned upon by society not lauded.

 

When you raise the minimum wage you cost people their jobs. You've decided that it's ok for a certain group to not have jobs at the cost of others in the same class making a little (or a lot) more money. Artificially increasing the price of labor reduces demand for labor, this is simple economics and its always true. Just ask those folks in Seattle who lost their jobs last year. The politicians don't care and the people who voted for it cut their own throats because they think they can change the basic laws of economics and human nature.

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