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There's no free lunch. The people who now won't be able to get a job will still need the food stamps to live, as well as additional government services to compe
by nsxwolf 13y ago
There's no free lunch. The people who now won't be able to get a job will still need the food stamps to live, as well as additional government services to compensate.
- _delirium 13y agoThere isn't any evidence that modest increases in the minimum wage increase unemployment. It's purely an article of theoretical faith that doesn't stand up empirically.
- drcode 13y agoEconomists are split on this question. You're being dishonest by acting like there is certainty on this question.
- nsxwolf 13y agoThere's plenty of evidence, but people like you enjoy waving it away. It's a strange idea that labor costs are the only costs that don't affect the decision making process of business owners in any way.
- tzs 13y agoIf a full time job doesn't pay enough for people to live on, then they will make up the difference with government assistance (e.g., my tax money). I'd rather see them go on full government assistance, so they can spend full time looking for a job that DOES pay enough to live on. That costs more up front, but should cost less in the long run, and since I expect to be paying taxes for a long time I care more about the long run.