"They'll just raise prices if thy raise the minimum wage."

[Mudhammam]

Then when they argued that a minimum wage was necessary to prevent blacks from undercutting white labor(and thus put their negro hands and feet on the economic ladder) you agree there is some truth to that argument?

Um, no. Where did you get racial inequality out of anything I said?

I answered your question about who would close the disparity....My solution is the negative income tax that guarantees everyone a basic income.

Oh, so you mean the solution is in federal government. I agree.

I am advocating we don't price ex-cons out of the labor market and thus prevent them from climbing the economic ladder. Give them an option to work instead of crime....If you do some might reform.

I agree, ex-cons should receive the same minimum wage anyone else does... and an employer should be able to review one's criminal history and factor that as a decision in the hiring process. And the minimum wage should be far higher than what it currently is. I contend that our economy would do better if more people had more money to spend on goods and services.