Quote:You are the most naive voter in America if you honestly believe making bad choices is the only reason people earning minimum wage are in poverty. Most people in poverty are unable to spend money on the wrong stuff and extremely frugal.

 

Did you know that raising the minimum wage causes jobs to be cut/lost?  And for those who aren't downsized/rightsized/whateversized, surviving employees' pay can be frozen or squeezed as a result?

 

You are the most uninformed voter in America.

 

You're talking to someone born in a trailer put up on their grandparent's farm, who worked himself through an MBA.

 

What have you ever accomplished in life?  Have you ever had a minimum wage job?

 

My first job that wasn't mowing grass, paid me $3.35 per hour.  After years of earning increases, they raised the minimum.  Suddenly the scale was squeezed, nullifying all I had worked for by handing nearly the same wage I had worked hard and long to earn to whatever inexperienced person that walked through the door.

 

If you were part of the workforce and had that experience, you would have been exposed to such things instead of relying on stories.  It's obvious, like with most topics you try to keep up with, you are not informed of the complete story nor do you care enough to look at issues from ALL sides.

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