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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
then maybe the government should not tell business how to operate? I have no idea what you do for a living, does that imply that I can step in and make you run your business the way I think you should?
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Three things.
1. Many people in low wage jobs qualify for a variety of different welfare programs. This means that we the tax payers are subsidizing these people's incomes. Perhaps forcing businesses to pay a wage that is high enough that the average person working 40 hours per week no longer qualifies for welfare isn't such a bad thing. Walmart's employees alone costs the tax payers $6.2 billion dollars per year while Walmart made nearly $15 billion in net profit last year.
2. If the people in that area that this law is exists see a negative effect from this law or they flat out don't like the government telling people how to run their businesses they can always vote those people out of office in the next election and put people in office that will repeal the law.
3. Do I want the government telling me how to run my business. First off, I am self-employed and have been since 1999. However, I work on my own and don't have employees. If I do hire people it is as a contractor on a per job basis. If I did need to hire employees the odds are they would need to be skilled and would demand a higher wage than the minimum wage.