> For comparison, Germany has no statutory minimum wage This is true, but you cannot use that as an argument, because the German system cannot be compared to t

> For comparison, Germany has no statutory minimum wage This is true, but you cannot use that as an argument, because the German system cannot be compared to the U.S. system. There are two reasons for having no minimum wage in Germany. First: It us up to the individual unions to negotiate a minimum wage. And unions still have a lot of power in Germany. So many jobs actually do have a minimum wage. Second: If someone in Germany has a job that does not produce a living wage, the person automatically qualifies for social security money paid by the state. Besides that, a minimum wage on a state-wide level will be implemented in the next years. I am sure of that. There are more and more non union regulated industries that have started to pay very low wages.