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An Argument for Raising the Minimum Wage

11 June 2014, 19:44

So what opportunities are restricted from workers? Anyone physically and mentally able (the large majority of everyone) can develop their brain and skills in a multitude of industries and then market those skills for pay - the opportunity here is endless. It gets greatly restricted when the government interferes.

Why pay $10.10/hour to have someone take orders at a restaurant when an owner can buy a tablet to do it for $1000? There are a lot of people who would work for $7/hour if it meant they could keep their instead of losing it to a tablet. When the government interferes and dictates pay, business owners will rely on cheaper and cheaper technology to automate simply processes.

In my opinion, providing welfare programs teaches a form of dependency thereby weakening their work ethic and creating a leech (not all people on welfare are leeches but the continual state of being on welfare breeds leeches). You want to give fish - I want to teach people to fish.

On a side note, how many families do you personally know who live on minimum wage?