"We need a minimum wage because without it the majority of companies will pay next to nothing."
Do you know why minimum wage was started? It was NOT started to provide a minimum standard. It was started to keep Blacks out of the job market. During the brief 40-minute debate the House held on Davis-Bacon in 1931, the racial motivation behind it was palpable. Representative Miles Allgood (D., Ala.) expressed his regret at the bootleg labor from his state that had been given work in the district of New York Republican Robert Bacon: That contractor has cheap colored labor . . . and it is labor of that sort that is in competition with white labor. . . . It is very important we enact this measure. Representative William Upshaw (D., Ga.) complained about the superabundance or large aggregation of Negro labor. Representative John Cochran (D., Mo.) commented that he had received numerous complaints in recent months about southern contractors employing low-paid colored mechanics getting work and bringing the employees from the South. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/342479/minimum-wage-equals-maximum-confusion-john-fund Mission accomplished! Minimum wage laws actually achieve the opposite of what many people claim it will achieve. Instead of giving people a minimum standard of living, what it does is drive those with the fewest skills and the least experience out of a job since their skill level doesn't demand the "minimum" level of wages allowed to be paid. They end up unemployed. Unfortunately, this has the impact of disproportionately impacting minorities and youth. J - Some of my best memories are sitting on my dads lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis, and others for their brilliance and perfection. - Michelle Obama about the 1984 Olympics when she was 20 yea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363955 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
