12-28-2016, 12:09 PM
(12-24-2016, 09:42 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(12-23-2016, 08:42 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Studies that I have heard of say that higher minimum wages increase jobs, because when people are paid better, they buy more and thus create jobs for the businesses.
Higher minimum wages don't cause people to be paid better, though; they just cause people at the low end of the wage spectrum to be put out of work.
... and this statement of 'fact' is based on what? It's been my experience that employers only hire people if they need them, and the pay they offer is the lowest amount they can and still get the work done properly. Some low-wage jobs will be automated away regardless: food service being high on the list. At some point, there will not be jobs to go around ... even make-work jobs. Does that justify starvation wages?
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