On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:40:41 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Tue, 4 Aug 2015 13:56:36 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 3:59:32 PM UTC-4, F. George McDuffee wrote:




Your [and my] taxes subsidize the labor costs of the below
living wage through SNAP/food stamps, section 8 housing,
Medicaid/social services, and private donations such as
community pantries/food banks, among other entitlements.
There is also the astronomical cost of sustaining the
unemployable. The consequential societal costs such as
wasted productivity, and police/court/penal costs dwarf the
sustenance costs.


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Unka' George


You are right. Our taxes subsidize those that do not have well paying jobs. So what. The government should help those that need help.

But is it not cheaper to subsidize those that need help. Or is it cheaper to raise the minimum wage and have fewer low wage earners. And then pay all the expenses of those that have lost jobs.

Dan

Heads up Dan...raising the minimum wage has ALREADY put a bunch of
people on unemployment..with hundreds of thousands more to go.

Mom's Liberal Bay Area paper had an article touting the massive
success Washington has had with its $15 mininum wage law. The last
sentence told it all, though, when they described having to wait for
more data to come in before they can give out any major awards. The
article totally overlooked the part about prices at one restaurant
-doubling-, while praising the "no tip necessary" aspect, quoting that
"all our customers are happy with it." Uh, yeah...sure they are.


And you think this is going to be a good thing??

Hey, he's Dan. (plonked long ago here)

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