pknopp
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You live in hyperboles eh?If you’re earning minimum wage you have minimum marketable skill set.It's Socialism for the markets.
Trillions for the markets but NO raise in the minimum wage for the working stiffs.
Who earns the minimum wage? The head of a household with one or two kids or a teenager/young person living at home? What is the typical household income of that minimum wage worker?
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It's not difficult to find this info.
Low-wage Workers Are Older Than You Think: 88 Percent of Workers Who Would Benefit From a Higher Minimum Wage Are Older Than 20, One Third Are Over 40
So?
A man was making a good wage making widgets. The wife stayed home.
The widget manufacturer decides to off shore to Thailand. Now both have to go to work. Yeah, her skills are not up to date but all that's left is low wage jobs.
As long as we are going to continue to allow that I'm going to support those harmed.
That's not true. When most women stayed home, our taxes were very low. As taxes increased, it became more and more difficult for a single wage earner to pay for all the necessities. More and more households needed additional income. With the additional income, government saw even more money they could use for their pet projects.
Right, manufacturing never offshored. Sheesh.
Always excusing the actual problem.