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To: At_The_Ask who wrote (106199)	6/3/2001 12:29:07 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (2) of 436258

ATA-- I saw an interview with the author this week. amazon.com (She was making slightly better than minimum wage most of the time, but nowhere near a living wage. She couldn't even manage life as a single person with no dependents.) This one looks interesting-- amazon.com Unfortunately I doubt any of these books will make a dent in this type of attitude: >>>The people who believe in the legal minimum wage always try to justify it with the correct observation that even a full time worker paid the minimum wage would seem to have an impossible time providing any kind of adequate living standard for a family. This true as far as it goes, but no attempt is made to figure out how they get along. My suspicion is that the families that actually stay together and off welfare and crime are actually working 2,3 or 4 minimum wage jobs. If this is true, I cannot understand how increasing the minimum wage and making some or all of those jobs illegal (?) represents any kind of improvement.<<< Gee, maybe they would only have to work 1 1/2, 2 or 3 jobs instead? Maybe they could spend some time with their children or manage part time enrollment in school or a training program? Maybe families wouldn't have to double and triple up to afford housing? I fail to understand how anyone could not see this as an improvement. Obviously some people can't. Amazing, no? Well, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.

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