> Dana wrote: > Gruss you know I get really tired of you putting words in my mouth.
Lucky I didn't do that then! Notice that I said you "might say" not you "would say". But either way, I apologize if you took offense - I didn't mean to put words in your mouth; it's just that's a position you've taken in the past. > It would be nice if we could all be knowledge workers but unless you are > prepared to give up midnight trips to 7-11 you cannot magick away the > presence of an underclass This is where we disagree: you have this assumption that if we did away with a minimum wage 7-11 would disappear. The economy has the ability to absorb millions of new market driven jobs for all of the people now trapped by minimum wage. In fact this has already happened in the 70s and 80s when women joined the work force. To convince me that it's a good idea to have the government messing with the employment market, you'd have to explain the market failure that occurs for lower skilled jobs. And there might be for certain areas, but certainly not in any city above 100,000 and my guess is businesses would have to self-impose a minimum wage. Europe is facing much the same problem with those that are pushing away the market vs. those that aren't (From The WSJ): ------------------------------------------------------- Europe may be stumbling into a new period of decline just at the time when it should be building upon the most promising era in its long and bloody history. It is not responding well to the challenges of a rising China and India, nor is it harnessing the factors behind its current success -- the continent-wide spread of peace, democracy and market-driven prosperity. A epic battle has begun between those European forces that understand globalization's requirement for dramatic change and those holding it back. The problem is that the recalcitrants too often have the upper hand and are blocking progress that endangers the greatest geopolitical achievement of the 20th century's final half: Europe's unification after the Soviet collapse and its still-expanding realm of free societies and markets. Those were among Lech Walesa's most compelling warnings during a recent stop he made in New York. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:179738 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
