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Originally posted by Ryan
It's hard to say. Generally speaking, minimum wage workers do not hold jobs that can be outsourced to other countries. Over here, even the most basic manufacturing jobs often involve unions, which pretty much raises the average wages across the boards. Menial labor positions that draw minimum wages are most commonly service-related jobs, and these cannot be sent overseas.
This argument of huge unemployment is brought up every time there is an increase in the minimum wage, yet it has never proven to be true. A few people will always lose their jobs, but many more will benefit from the higher wages. This pretty much holds true any time the government passes a new labor law, industries shift, or technologies become outdated. Just as millions of others have done, including myself, people can accept the change and adjust to it for sake of the greater good. |
Artificially (through government action) meddling with one side of a contract will have negative effects. Increased wages for employees at the bottom will send a ripple upward. How to you justify giving a raise to the floor sweeper who now makes as much as a more skilled position?