it is impossible to continue this conversation because you refuse to examine the following assumptions: - minimum wage is a subsidy - that it is a trap akin to welfare - that people work for the minimum wage due to ignorance.
Dana On 10/4/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Matthew wrote: > > Gruss, you're hopelessly in love with your argument to the point where > you > > don't know what it says. > > > > I agree with the former, but not the latter since what I'm saying is > quite simple. If we're trying to solve the problem of "working poor", > there are essentially 2 proposals in this thread: > > 1.) Give the working poor a subsidy that the market does not demand in > exchange for doing the same thing they've always done, or > > 2.) Give the poor the infrastructure to raise their own pay by raising > their marketable skills and thus no longer depending on the government > subsidies. > > My argument is that #2 is superior as it weens the working poor off > gov't assistance. That is, it teaches them to live independent of > government subsidies rather than depend on them. > > That's pretty simple and direct. Which of these solutions do you > favor? Or maybe you have other proposals? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175806 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
