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 : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (368006)	2/19/2008 9:13:02 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577191

You don't need both, and a reasonable person shouldn't even want both. A high minimum wage will put lots of people out of work, and push many others to work off the books. Its only a living wage for high school students living at home and illegals. Many of the people making it don't live off of it or try to do so. The are high schoolers, or otherwise dependents, or its a 2nd part time job for someone with a higher paying full time job, or its a job (often part time) for a spouse of someone making more than minimum wage. Less than 1.2% of all workers make minimum wage right now, and the percentage of all workers who are trying to support a family solely on minimum wage approaches zero. A living wage shouldn't be the minimum wage because there are many people who don't need to live solely off the wage, but gain useful income, and work skills/habits from the job.