RE: If Americans Are Stupid Enough To Fall For This - They Deserve Whatever They Get.
April 4, 2014 at 9:39 am
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2014 at 9:44 am by Heywood.)
(April 4, 2014 at 9:16 am)Jaysyn Wrote: But the taxpayer isn't footing the bill, which is the entire point. Why are we subsidizing Wal-Mart's labor pool again?
Walmart is a tax payer so they are footing the bill either way. The only ones getting subsidized are the government workers paid to administer programs that should not exist.
(April 4, 2014 at 9:29 am)Chad32 Wrote: [quote='Heywood' pid='644264' dateline='1396617121']
Then pay them more than that. Don't just give them 7.50 an hour + 500 dollars (200 in my case). Give them 15 dollars an hour, which I've heard is a living wage according to inflation.
If a $15 dollar an hour minimum wage is better than $7.50, then surely a $30 minimum wage is better than $15. Hell lets just raise the minimum wage to $100 an hour...or better yet...$1000. People would surely spend more and the economy would boom like its never boomed before.....right?
What makes you think the government is going to be any good at deciding what the optimal minimum wage should be?
