Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Something that proponents and opponents of the minimum wage can both agree on

Posted by dkuehn at 2:51 PM
(as long as they don't go into detail about exactly what they mean by the sentence)

4 comments:

  1. mike shuppJuly 24, 2013 at 9:10 PM

    Let me make a quess:

    Of those who would be HARMED by raising the minimum wage, 88.3% are at least 20 years old.

    Isn't statistics wonderful?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Daniel KuehnJuly 24, 2013 at 9:31 PM

      Not quite what I'm getting at... maybe I'll post on it again tomorrow.

      Delete
    2. Ken PJuly 25, 2013 at 2:53 AM

      It's probably more like most of those harmed are under 20 yrs old. It will hurt the least skilled and least experienced most.

      Delete
  2. AnonymousJuly 25, 2013 at 12:31 AM

    That's pretty twisted. Ultimately, the real beneficiaries are those who gain by the revenues thereof, or at least they think that they do (thus, policy toward those ends continues). Sure, the beneficiaries are varied, but the most prevalent group that I have in mind is those whose income is dependent upon taxation (welfare, medicare, social security). This is more of a case of the needs of the many outweighing that of the few, that's all that it is.

    In any case, such a policy does not somehow magically free up resources, it only reallocates them, based upon mere dictate.

    ReplyDelete

All anonymous comments will be deleted. Consistent pseudonyms are fine.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)