Are we? Economic behavior is observable behavior. Its a relatively simple study, compare those locations with and without a living wage law both before and after implementation of that law for a fixed period of time. That should allow for a determination of the actual economic impact of these laws.
larry On 10/3/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry wrote: > > Unfortunately its only one promising study from one location, and so > > suffers from the faults of any case study. > > There is no study that disproves human nature. In this case we're > referencing the following qualities: > > 1.) Desire to learn. > 2.) Desire to change. > 3.) Profit motive. > 4.) Ability to overcome adversity. > > Obviously some people have a strong capacity for all of these > qualities while others have little. The latter case is probably where > most minimum wage earners fall. > > Unfortunately not all people have the personality qualities necessary > overcome the adversity they'll need to escape minimum wage. So what > is more moral policy? To increase the size of the trap, or to throw > people a lifeline to escape? > > Put another way, leaving the minimum wage unchanged would force people > to cross their personal threshold of points 1-4; providing them the > infrastructure to get out would complete the fix. > > Increasing the MW, however, just increases the trap. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175712 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
