you aren't responding to the economic argument at all. You're simply making a separate, Calvinistic argument. Which is fine, except that you don't seem to realize that that's what you are doing. If a bigger economy benefits you too, why would you be against it? One suspects that fundamentally you think somone is having it easier than you.
On 8/20/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > I happen to think that a minimum wage moves the production > > possibilities curve to the right > > But the higher level question I'm asking is, is it a good idea to > count on the government to right a perceived economic disparity given > a fair and level playing field? > > I'm saying no, that we should allow the market to that. But if so, > then it's the government's responsibility is to make sure everybody > has the same information. That means equal levels of basic education > and equal levels of access to higher education. > > That's not the case today so I feel like the easy, but wrong, > treatment to the symptom is minimum wage. > > I'm suggestion curing the illness but providing an equal and level > playing field. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213677 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
