Quote:I don't think that's "the idea behind raising the minimum wage."   That may be one of them, but that's not the only one.    I think the drive to raise the minimum wage is fueled by the idea that people can't make a living at $7.25 an hour or whatever the minimum wage is.   The idea is to help poor people.  

 

The question is, at what level of minimum wage do companies start laying off workers?   That's the ironic thing.   Sometimes, you try to help people, and you wind up hurting them. 

If you research minimum wage, it was never intended to be a wage that can in and itself support a family...I am in a Union and we get updates on the progress of raising the minimum wage...The unions and politicians are charging that that the more money people make the more they spend, the more money spent, the better the economy becomes

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