When I was in college, I worked summers at McDonald's. A couple of my coworkers were challenged, one due to fetal alcohol syndrome. As markets (not government) pushed their wages higher, their jobs disappeared and they were replaced by more equipment. Other coworkers were high-school kids saving up for college. At the start, they weren't…
When I was in college, I worked summers at McDonald's. A couple of my coworkers were challenged, one due to fetal alcohol syndrome. As markets (not government) pushed their wages higher, their jobs disappeared and they were replaced by more equipment. Other coworkers were high-school kids saving up for college. At the start, they weren't very responsible. But they learned. On the other hand, our local downtown got gutted when Walmart moved in 15 miles down the road and fastfood places took anchor just off the highway.
I see two problems with the minimum wage being too high: 1) it makes it hard for marginal businesses to survive. 2) It eliminates jobs for those who you would have to take a risk on, including people who need either to build or to rebuild their work record.
If you want to apply the higher minimum wage to businesses with more than 50 employees or $500K in annual revenue, fine. But I think it's important to maintain a bottom rung to maximize the ease with which one can find some sort of entrance into the worlds of work and/or business. The UBI would allow budding entrepreneurs a better chance to find out if their business idea was real or stupid and problematic workers to get a job when no one else will hire them. The higher minimum wage sets the stakes higher both for starting a small business and for hiring someone.
I hear you, there is enormous value in getting that 'entry level' job where we all learn how to work for the first time. And i certainly don't want to take away from your experience.
Nations all over the world have significantly higher min wage than we do in the US and they are still able to have entry level jobs for the young and simple jobs for those with other challenges. And they also have far more ROBUST small businesses than we do in the US.
Small business in the US gets screwed by large business every day. And that will continue with our with out $15 min wage. And i strongly support fighting the policy large businesses get their lobbyists to have congress to vote on that given them advantages that screw small business.
As compelling as your story is the evidence both here in the US (communities that have implemented $15 min wage and other nations with higher min wage) has to outweigh your evidence.
Moving this wage up move millions of Americans out of poverty. It moves tens of millions of American into far more financial stability than they have today and it is GREAT for the economy.
I dont want to diminish your concerns. But the case for a higher min wage is irrefutable.
When I was in college, I worked summers at McDonald's. A couple of my coworkers were challenged, one due to fetal alcohol syndrome. As markets (not government) pushed their wages higher, their jobs disappeared and they were replaced by more equipment. Other coworkers were high-school kids saving up for college. At the start, they weren't very responsible. But they learned. On the other hand, our local downtown got gutted when Walmart moved in 15 miles down the road and fastfood places took anchor just off the highway.
I see two problems with the minimum wage being too high: 1) it makes it hard for marginal businesses to survive. 2) It eliminates jobs for those who you would have to take a risk on, including people who need either to build or to rebuild their work record.
If you want to apply the higher minimum wage to businesses with more than 50 employees or $500K in annual revenue, fine. But I think it's important to maintain a bottom rung to maximize the ease with which one can find some sort of entrance into the worlds of work and/or business. The UBI would allow budding entrepreneurs a better chance to find out if their business idea was real or stupid and problematic workers to get a job when no one else will hire them. The higher minimum wage sets the stakes higher both for starting a small business and for hiring someone.
I hear you, there is enormous value in getting that 'entry level' job where we all learn how to work for the first time. And i certainly don't want to take away from your experience.
Nations all over the world have significantly higher min wage than we do in the US and they are still able to have entry level jobs for the young and simple jobs for those with other challenges. And they also have far more ROBUST small businesses than we do in the US.
Small business in the US gets screwed by large business every day. And that will continue with our with out $15 min wage. And i strongly support fighting the policy large businesses get their lobbyists to have congress to vote on that given them advantages that screw small business.
As compelling as your story is the evidence both here in the US (communities that have implemented $15 min wage and other nations with higher min wage) has to outweigh your evidence.
Moving this wage up move millions of Americans out of poverty. It moves tens of millions of American into far more financial stability than they have today and it is GREAT for the economy.
I dont want to diminish your concerns. But the case for a higher min wage is irrefutable.