Minimum Wage Wars
The war to advance socialism in North Carolina continues. On the minimum wage front, the socialists are winning -- hoping to be able to determine by executive fiat how much money businesses should spend. It seems likely that this year the Democrat-controlled General Assembly will do just that -- and determine for businesses their expenses.
The minimum wage increase bill failed last year because of a few Democrats who decided that raising the minimum wage to $6.00 an hour was not HIGH enough. If you support raising the minimum wage, you oppose the free market. It's wrong in every manner of speaking. By what right do you, the minimum wage supporter, claim to be able to tell me how to spend my money? Is it right for me to walk into your house and tell you that you are required to spend a minimum of $100 for internet access? Should I be able to determine the minimum amount that you should spend on your car payments? It is quite exactly the same thing. There should be no minimum wage law. If you don't like the amount that is offered for the job, don't take the damn job -- it really is that simple. I don't care how much any "advocates" (for socialism) claim is a "living wage." Know what a living wage is? It's however much you damn earn. Seriously. Since the last time you got a raise, how much have your expenses increased? I'd be willing to bet by exactly the amount of your raise. That's what the vast majority of people do in this country -- they spend what they earn -- no matter how much they earn. ANY minimum wage law is absolutely wrong. In a free country, I would be free to contractually agree with someone else for compensation in whatever amount or form that I want. But those who want increased minimum wages aren't interested in freedom -- only in government control.
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I'm impressed at how much invective you could include in a post without one logical argument.
Posted by: Chen Lin at May 10, 2006 11:07 PM (d9+g+)
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I'm sorry that you like socialism.
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
Posted by: Ogre at May 11, 2006 11:33 AM (/k+l4)
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