Gruss, Keynes has been around for almost a hundred years now. I can't argue economics with someone who isn't familiar with the prevalent model. That's the root of the problem here as I see it -- I am talking economics and you are talking Plucky Boy Pulls Self Up By Bootstraps. Without putting down people who do that -- my father was one of them after all -- it is not a solution to the economic problem, the allocation of scarce resources. I asked about a specific ballot measure but you haven't read anything about it or any of the other links I posted. In the circumstances I'll look elsewhere for opinions, thanks. I don't find the equation of any minimum wage at all with communism to be a useful comment. What problem is it trying to solve? We're a poor state, though not as poor as the statistics suggest -- they are skewed by large numbers of non-participants in the cash economy. But still. Should we spend our money on other members of the community, or on out-of-state entities that don't pay taxes here? Seems like a no-brainer to me.
Dana On 9/26/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > Yawn. That's been disproven. Next. > > > > 1.) You didn't answer my question: what problem are you trying to > solve and why is minimum wage the best way to do it? > > 2.) Human nature has, to the best of my knowledge, not been disproven. > Case-in-point: unions. Unions reward seniority, not productivity, > and many union members don't want to do more than what's in their job > description because they can make a fine living with the imposed wages > they're getting. > > Need further proof? Read about the Northwest Airlines union on > strike. Here are bunch of people claiming they're owed $70,000 per > year doing work that the market is willing to pay less for. Guess who > won? > > I find it astonishing that you would think that paying someone a > "living wage" would not discourage them from keeping up with their > skills. Or that you'd further believe it was disproven. > > I'm trying very hard not to laugh and be respectful, but you're making > it very difficult; especially with the hundreds of companies proving > it every day by outsourcing their manual labor. AND the MILLIONS of > immigrants working BELOW minimum wage and then working their way up > into hotel and convenience chains while their American counterparts > wallow at minimum wage. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:175192 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
