People need to quit looking at this as a moral issue and just look at the eonomics. I'm all for helping the poor and needy, but this is not the way.The popular misconception is "if your against raising the minimum wage, your a rich, cold hearted, conservative Republican." If your for raising the minmum wage you must be a more caring individual. That's just BS the politicians want you to believe. Rich against poor, liberal against conservative, Democrat against Republican. It's just a way of buying votes.
The mninmum wage was never intnde to be a living wage. It was intended to be a starting point.
Raising the minimum wage is a way for government to redistribute money. I have seen so many arguments citing places such as Walmart, Burger King, McDonalds etc., but for every one of them there are ten small private businesses out there struggling to make ends meet.
Think about the numbers. If , as Rep. Bill Pascrell said, it will put $4,400 in poor familys pockets. Where is that money going to come from ? A business can either lay someone off (which will happen some), increase his prices (which will happen a lot therby defeating an increase) or pay the increased cost of labor himself ( redistributing money).
Sure a guy making a million a year with 50 minimum wage employees can afford it more than the guy making 40g a year with one minimum wage employee. Unfortunatly it's raised for everyone.
An employees' wages should be determined by his employer and his moral standards not by some politician 2000 miles away. As was quoted in an earlier post, the government is resposible for Life,Liberty, and
pursuit of happiness, not Life, Liberty, and Happiness.
I heard a report tonite that Ms. Pelosi wanted to grant an exemption to the tuna industry. I want one of those also.
This is just another example of the government "not doing anything, but it sounds good". Now go out and vote for me.