(April 15, 2014 at 2:05 pm)Chad32 Wrote: A wage that keeps up with inflation, so that minimum wage is something that people can live off of. If you need multiple jobs or long hours to make ends meat off of minimum wage, then what's the point of minimum wage?
How many hours would be acceptable? I'd like work, free time, and sleep. Eight hours of each fits nicely into a twenty four hour day.
What's the point of minimum wage?
To protect the white man's ability from getting his wages diluted by cheaper black labor. That's an argument that was made for minimum wage back when black unemployment was equal or sometimes even lower than white unemployment. After minimum wage was implemented black unemployment shot up and has been substantially higher ever since.