(July 14, 2013 at 7:26 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: The minimum is there so that people can be able to live on it.Many people live on absolutely no wage at all. My view has always been that earning some money is better than earning no money at all.
If you cant live on the wage what is the point of earning it?
If the government sets a minimum wage, they are effectively saying "no job is worth less than this", which in many cases simply isn't true.