RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help
May 25, 2021 at 9:30 pm
(This post was last modified: May 25, 2021 at 9:33 pm by Rev. Rye.)
(May 25, 2021 at 7:32 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Sure it would help, in that if the cost of living stayed the same or went up or went down, and we raised to minimum wage to meet it, that would be helpful regardless of whether the cost of living went up or down.
The common counter is some concern about rampant inflation which has never been shown to occur.
Well, never been shown to occur in connection to raising the minimum wage, anyway.
Admittedly, not having enough money in your reserves to pay for the debt incurred in World War I isn't the same as raising the minimum wage.
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