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Some people like TAM and our other liberal friends on this board seem to think that it's up to the Federal Government to mandate people's lives and industry rules.
 
 
 

Not true at all.
 
Regarding the first part in bold, teaching conservative values in schools is constantly bashed by our liberal friends on this board.  The  10 Commandments on a courthouse or near any public property is viewed as "offensive" or "non-inclusive", and that opinion has been expressed by several members of our liberal friends.  The same goes with the idea of teaching the concept or idea of creationism even along side evolution in public schools.
 
Liberals seem to be so down with the idea of hard work and earning.  In our schools we teach that "there are no winners or losers... everyone gets a trophy". Start off in a low paying job?  How about working hard, learning and moving up?  It's really not that difficult.  As a high school kid I got a job at Burger King and worked my way up to assistant manager.  Was that my career choice?  Absolutely not.  However, it did provide me with important work experience and enough money to become independent at a young age.
 
Now think about this.  Taking a look at just the cost of living in say New York City or San Francisco California, does a higher minimum wage (if it must exist) of up to $15 make sense?  Perhaps, but how about in a state like Florida or Montana?
 
Now keeping with that thought, why is the cost of living higher in states like New York or California?  Could taxes be a reason?  Is a 2000 square foot home on 1/4 acre of land worth more because it's in a Los Angeles suburb rather than on a 5 acre parcel in Montana or Texas?
 
The bottom line is, you liberals on this board "bash" conservative ideals just as much as conservatives "bash" your liberal views.
 

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Exactly.  The Federal minimum wage isn't a toy.  If there was every anything crying out for the 10th amendment its this issue.   Let each state choose its own way based on their individual standards of living and then tell us how that works out.  

 

Moreover, people have to understand one simple point:  in reality the minimum wage is ZERO!  If you don't produce enough to justify what you are being paid then you don't have a job.  It's that simple.  Also, most jobs don't pay minimum wage anyway.  That's for entry level in low skilled professions.  As JIB said, If you prove you can show up on time and not kill anyone you are usually taken through the system as you learn new skills and develop the ability to produce more in your chosen sector.  

 

The tragedy is that we spend more than any country on the planet, per capita, and we have a bunch of kids graduating high school who don't think they can ever figure out how to work the fry machine AND the grill and 40% of kids in college scared they won't be able to pay their student loans.  

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