Nosmo King
Gold Member
What is the virtue of eliminating the minimum wage? Who benefits? Low wage workers?What is the benefit of zero wages? What is the virtue of lower wages? Would people willingly offer their labor for lower wages if there were no other means of amliving for them?Zero wages. Ain't that what we call slavery?Yes , minimum wage laws are racist and should be zero.
Only if you are forced to work for free. If you do it on your own, it's not slavery at all.
Let's pretend you live in Williamson, WV. There are four coal mines, a Dollar General and an O'Reilly Auto Parts store in town. The coal mines decide to,lower the wages to $3.50 an hour. The aDollar General has a staff of 10 and they pay $3.00 an hour. O'Reilly's has a staff of six and pays $3.25 an hour. You have a mortgage and two kids who want to attend WVU next September,
Should you knuckle under and agree your wages are too high, then move out of town? Can you sell your house?
There are a lot of things you can do. Yes, you can move for better opportunities which people do every day in this country. The other is petition your state leaders to institute a state minimum wage. You can open up your own business and pay yourself whatever you can sell your products or services for. You can also just go on welfare which pays better than three bucks an hour.
Most places don't have minimum wage jobs anymore because nobody will work them at the current rate. Even McDonald's starts off at a buck or more above minimum wage to attract workers. There is only so low people will work for.