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?
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?