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Originally posted by grayman
$5.15 in IL, just got raised to eventually $6.50 by Jan. of 2005. I agree that it is a stupid idea. The government shouldn't tell businesses how much to pay their employees, they should pay them what they are worth. If you want to make more money, work harder, remain dedicated, and if your boss is a dick who doesn't give raises, find a diff. job. pretty soon word will get around and no one will work for him. like someone said before supply and demand.
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When you're an unskilled laborer in a job market that is saturated with employees, you can't just "go find another job" if your employer isn't paying much. Minimum wage is an attempt to at least insure a somewhat decent standard of living for all employed workers. You're suggesting we okay sweat shops.
Additionally, what you suggest would put a even larger burden on our welfare system because it would put more people on foodstamps, etc.