Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (26807)	8/18/2006 4:01:01 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543273

but it is also an issue that touches on liberty. I don't disagree. There's definitely a connection. I'm just trying to get some perspective. Once you have a minimum wage in place, the marginal reduction in liberty of a cost of living adjustment is trivial. I don't think you'll find anyone claiming that they oppose a COLA particularly because of the liberty hit. We'd think him nuts. The author, whatever his name is, made it out to be all about libertarianism, which is only a bit player. The main opposition has to do with the economic impact. You can't claim that an increase in the minimum wage signals the death of libertarianism. You might as well claim that it signals the death of public transportation for all the connection it has.