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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 1185808" data-attributes="member: 17969"><p>I love these minimum wage parrots who simply believe the garbage that is told to them by the right wing kooks. Lets see, if we abolish the federal minimum wage, wages are going to increase, says Froggie.</p><p></p><p>Ok, lets put that to the test. Lets say today the Fed Min wage is abolished. Tomorrow morning, Lousiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama have NO STATE minimum wage, so they could effectively pay $1.00 an hour for a job. If anyone would take the job for that money, they could have it and the employer would be within the law to do so. With no minimum wage laws, these states could attract every single illegal alien in the country to their states.</p><p></p><p>Why would a company pay anything higher than the fed rate if they were not under any pressure to do so by the state or Fed goverment?</p><p></p><p>Its all about profits, Right? So , employers could advertise low wage jobs and attract those people desperate enough to take them.</p><p></p><p>In other states, like Georgia & Wyoming, the state minimum wages are below $5.50 cents an hour and employees younger than 18 are paid less than 4 bucks and hour. Had it not been for the federal minimum wage, these states would pay the least by law.</p><p></p><p>The argument that no minimum wage would mean higher wages is foolish at best. The fair labor standards act of 1939 was enacted to equal the playing field for all workers in this country. </p><p></p><p>The argument that there is no longer a need for the minimum wage is simply a disguise for corporations to improve profits at the expense of the american workers.</p><p></p><p>Peace</p><p></p><p>TOS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 1185808, member: 17969"] I love these minimum wage parrots who simply believe the garbage that is told to them by the right wing kooks. Lets see, if we abolish the federal minimum wage, wages are going to increase, says Froggie. Ok, lets put that to the test. Lets say today the Fed Min wage is abolished. Tomorrow morning, Lousiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama have NO STATE minimum wage, so they could effectively pay $1.00 an hour for a job. If anyone would take the job for that money, they could have it and the employer would be within the law to do so. With no minimum wage laws, these states could attract every single illegal alien in the country to their states. Why would a company pay anything higher than the fed rate if they were not under any pressure to do so by the state or Fed goverment? Its all about profits, Right? So , employers could advertise low wage jobs and attract those people desperate enough to take them. In other states, like Georgia & Wyoming, the state minimum wages are below $5.50 cents an hour and employees younger than 18 are paid less than 4 bucks and hour. Had it not been for the federal minimum wage, these states would pay the least by law. The argument that no minimum wage would mean higher wages is foolish at best. The fair labor standards act of 1939 was enacted to equal the playing field for all workers in this country. The argument that there is no longer a need for the minimum wage is simply a disguise for corporations to improve profits at the expense of the american workers. Peace TOS [/QUOTE]
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