Teenagers should not earn a livable wage because... they are teenagers! Not really an argument against the minimum wage, just stats.
More stats! In what world is citing stats an argument? Hey everybody, only a tiny percentage of Americans smoke (not an actual stat, just an example), so who cares if we have a harsh, regressive sin tax?
Actually, these are both strong arguments against a minimum wage. Teens don't need a living wage, that's not why they're working in general. So few people are making the wage that it's not something people are being forced to live off of if they're making a wage, generally speaking. The argument being posed in the post is that the minimum wage is linked to people being able to survive off it. Maybe people in favor of raising the minimum wage should instead stop framing it as an issue of making a living off of the minimum wage.
Apparently people on minimum wage are a negligible working force but simultaneously will affect prices.
You don't think the minimum wage impacts wages all the way up the chain?
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Date: 18/3/12 03:32 (UTC)More stats! In what world is citing stats an argument? Hey everybody, only a tiny percentage of Americans smoke (not an actual stat, just an example), so who cares if we have a harsh, regressive sin tax?
Actually, these are both strong arguments against a minimum wage. Teens don't need a living wage, that's not why they're working in general. So few people are making the wage that it's not something people are being forced to live off of if they're making a wage, generally speaking. The argument being posed in the post is that the minimum wage is linked to people being able to survive off it. Maybe people in favor of raising the minimum wage should instead stop framing it as an issue of making a living off of the minimum wage.
Apparently people on minimum wage are a negligible working force but simultaneously will affect prices.
You don't think the minimum wage impacts wages all the way up the chain?