Minimum wage isn't a "starting point". It wasn't created because it was a "starting point" geared for "younger workers".The age of the minimum wage worker has no bearing on it's intended purpose as a starting point. If an older worker decides to apply for a job with the knowledge it only pays the minimum, that's not the employers problem, is it?
It's not a starting point because you say so. You are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts.
So tell me all knowing one, if the minimum isn't the starting wage, what is? After all, there's only one direction to go from there.
It's called the least you can get away with paying someone.
That's assuming someone will work for it, if they will then you have an employment contract, don'cha? Two parties agreeing to an established level of compensation. Now who the heck are you to say they can't do that?
If you are working for 7.25 an hour then it's not like you're holding all the cards. Now is it?
And? If you agree to do it, it's no one else's business, is it? If a person thinks they're worth more, they just keep looking. I've turned down many job offers because they didn't pay enough, if others want to sell themselves short, that's their problem, but don't do it and cry and moan and ask someone to intervene.