this argument ( and I use that term loosely as it seems more like fan fiction) would rather allow 5 people to be paid $1/hour instead of 1 person being paid $5/hour. Yep, I can see how that would solve poverty.
On May 28, 2013, at 6:47 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "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:363962 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
