Quote:Y'know, Eric, we've been here before, long before the start of the political forum.

 

You had an excellent thread about an employer who was, essentially, trying to buy you out of getting an education and making yourself more valuable to the job market.

 

Now, do you really think that an employer like that guy wouldn't do everything in his power to exploit a worker by paying the worker a fraction of what he or she is worth?  Indeed, I'm sure he felt it was his responsibility to do so. Do you think it was fair that he did it to you?

 

There HAS to be a federal minimum wage to, at the very least, set the floor for wages.  I have absolutely no problem with the feds and states setting that floor.