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The existence of a minimum wage is a:

terrible idea
10.1%
kinda bad idea
18.1%
kinda good idea
39.4%
great idea
32.3%

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8:22 AM · Aug 19, 2022

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racists and eugenicists consider it a good idea

7 Quotes That Reveal the Racist Origins of Minimum Wage Laws | Jon Miltimore

Early progressives understood quite well that minimum wage laws cause job losses. They simply saw it as a social benefit, not a social ill. Those denied work by minimum wage laws could more easily be...

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Minimum wage hasent been adjust since it was installed. Productivity has. This is just blaming common problems on yesterdays issues when in the real world it's more of a gov't/socialist issue.

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Kinda bad. It doesn't include Trainees unless you go through the state. Good idea but bad action. There are people making stupid amount of money not doing anything worth a damn. Great idea. Tie it to physical labor. Or the jobs people don't want. let the market settle

@CharlesLWolff3

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It is a price control on labor. Price controls produce shortages.

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Minimum wage simply marginalizes economically the least productive people.

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minimum wage would be a bad idea if we had UBI

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Michael Sanislo

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Good idea in theory, not great idea in practice.

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not exactly a fan of wages in the first place

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While we don't have UBI, minimum wage is necessary.

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