I can see your point, although it doesn't make sense in the UK - here it would be viewed as getting off welfare. Minimum wage workers will still pay national insurance, council tax, vat on purchases etc. so do make contributions.
I suppose that it shows up a fundamental difference between the US and a welfare state like the UK, here the right to free health care, a roof over your head etc. are taken for granted by the overwhelming majority of the population. On 2/14/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wayne wrote: > > In the UK, the minimum wage is just that - the minimum rate you can > > pay anyone for any job. There is no time limit. > > > > That's the same in the US. > > Excluding MW earners from taxes makes sense if you view minimum wage > as a Welfare-type program. That is, the receivers need help to get > job skills and get on/back on their feet. Once that's done, they can > move into higher paying market wages. Once they're on the higher > paying wages, they share in the payment of services with the rest of > tax payers. > > However, if a MW earner has no intention of moving beyond minimum > wage, then they should have to pay for the services like anyone else. > In this case minimum wage is viewed as a business tax that may or may > not help keep entitlement costs down. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197072 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
