Quote:I don't disagree with your first statement at all. IMO leaving a job is more a matter of etiquette and form than anything proscribed and I've never refused a good candidate because of how they ended their previous employment. The employment contract should be a two way street, I shouldn't be forced to keep you and you shouldn't be forced to stay.


As to your second, have you ever considered that poverty is a result of hampered market pricing rather than anything to do with wage floors? Why is it that you have to make $8, $15, or even $50 an hour to live out of poverty? Why is it that prices continue to increase while wages are stagnant? That a gallon of milk that cost a nickel 50 years ago now costs $4? The question isn't why does a janitor make poverty wages, but why are janitor's wages poverty level? When you answer the question with mandatory increases in wages all you get are higher prices with no upward mobility. When you answer the question with free market-based solutions you get price competition and a higher standard of living for everyone.