Why we need a mandatory living wage:

[Dystopia]

Another problem with raising minimum wage that I believe no one has mentioned yet is that it can cause people to be fired - You can force employers to pay a minimum, you can't force them to not fire someone - If they reach the conclusion that the new minimum salary is too much, they'll fire people - That's how it works

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Weren't the deregulations and throwing money at failing companies the reason we went through a recent recession?

From where I come from, the reason was unregulated privatization. Even with the newly established inspection department, our economy is far too damaged to be self-sufficient. We either go towards the EU or suffocate in the horrors of bankruptcy.

The EU isn't any different from what you're going trough right now...