> Dana wrote: > First of all, I am *not* advocating throwing money at people. Since when did > a living wage become some sort of welfare?
Since when isn't it? It's just a gov't imposed tax on businesses. People have so few skills that they are literally a dime a dozen so the gov't steps in and says, "well you can't actually pay them what they're worth, so you'll have to throw money at them that they didn't earn. And, uh, not taxpayer money. Your money. Dana doesn't have to pay for this welfare, businesses do." As to the multiplier effect, hey why not make the minimum wage $200,000 per year? That would REALLY multiply, huh? All a minimum wage does is tell people the worthless skills they have may be worth something. That is, it keeps people from learning to fish. If somebody wants a "living wage" they can build a skill set that the market thinks is worth a "living wage", and then they'll have it. The trick is they have to understand that fact to do it. Subsidizing them inhibits that. Back to my point: what is the minimum wage trying to solve? Poverty or ease entry into the work force? My point is that by having a minimum wage you take people who are trying to enter the workforce and convert them to poverty. Why should they increase their worthless skills? The gov't says they're worth a "living wage". Which is why it's welfare. The way to do away with the problem is to make sure people have the skills they need to earn a living wage in a competitive work arena without a gov't imposed welfare program that penalizes businesses. The GG plan asks everyone to find their competitive edge in the workplace; in essence to *earn* their keep, not just get a handout. Will it work for everyone? No. But it comes a heck of a lot closer to dealing with the real problem than a minimum wage which simply treats the symptoms by spending somebody else's money. In short, minimum wage = communism. BTW, I wonder what happened to the USSR's multiplier effect? They should all be billionaires. > I am still interested in any contrary views, but you apparently don't have > one if you have to wave around centuries-old discredited theses. I don't understand what any of this last part meant. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175106 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
