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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (206439)	10/14/2004 2:02:02 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574258

>If that's the overriding reason for raising the minimum wage, then we should raise it to $18/hour, given that a study set the "low income" level at around $36,000: We should raise it slowly and see what the economy can take. >The point is that raising the minimum wage will indeed create a negative effect on jobs. But who's to say that even if there's a negative effect, it's more than minimally negative, especially with a small increase in the minimum wage? -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (206439)	10/14/2004 6:51:19 AM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1574258

"Minimum wage was never meant to feed a family." Note the "plead no justification for the existence of child labor". Our Nation so richly endowed with natural resources and with a capable and industrious population should be able to devise ways and means of insuring to all our able-bodied working men and women a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. A serf-supporting and self-respecting democracy can plead no justification for the existence of child labor, no economic reason for chiseling workers' wages or stretching workers' hours. presidency.ucsb.edu