Quote:I agree with removing the government restrictions for people starting small businesses...THAT is exactly why small businesses fail or struggle and prevent many people from starting their own business...Again I say, research the reason minimum wage was enacted in the very beginning, if there were to be no minimum wage, we would be right back to that same state

 

It's a different world almost 100 years ago. Today there is no need for the minimum wage, if an employer wants to pay below the minimum wage they automize the task with technology or export it over seas. All the minimum wage does is restrict the amount of entry level jobs the market offers. Less people getting entry level work is more people reliant on assistance to keep up with the cost of living. Hell if you removed the minimum wage you'd have less than 3% of the work force even considering the jobs below $7 an hour. 

 

Don't believe me just look at the facts, here's who's making minimum wage

 

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/201...imum-wage/

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