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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (206541)	10/14/2004 3:40:10 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574059

> thought about a more extreme hypothetical, like what would happen if you simply eliminated the minimum wage. The answer I came to was that employment would not increase all that much, given that very few people would be willing to work at, say, $3/hour. Maybe, maybe not... Grapes of Wrath, man... >In other words, the free market is king. Once again, corporations can much, much more effectively take advantage of the free market than people can. >And we haven't even discussed the impact of open borders and illegal immigration, which IMO is doing a lot to counteract the "benefits" of California's higher minimum wage set by former Gov. Gray Davis. Well, I'm Pat Buchanan on that issue... -Z