[QUOTE="SpartanMSU"]

I really could care less if gay people want to marry, however I don't think a mayor alone should make the decision for everyone of whether or not a company can be allowed to serve it's customers in their area.

Toxic-Seahorse

[QUOTE="EntropyWins"][QUOTE="SpartanMSU"]

Except prices would reflect that...

That's what you idiots who have no basic understanding of economics don't understand. If the wages are set at equilibrium, than prices will reflect that. Want an atrificial wage? Well, you're going to get an artificial price of goods, which means less buying power.

If not, then why NOT have the minimum wage set at $20?

SpartanMSU

Supply and Demand...

[QUOTE="champion837"]

[QUOTE="Lu-Kang"]

hahaha no..... if anything they should lower it so people can get more jobs.

SpartanMSU

Then everyone would be subject to it.

So instead of 10 people have great paying jobs while 2 are in wait, it would be 12 bad paying jobs.

Except prices would reflect that...

That's what you idiots who have no basic understanding of economics don't understand. If the wages are set at equilibrium, than prices will reflect that. Want an atrificial wage? Well, you're going to get an artificial price of goods, which means less buying power.

If not, then why NOT have the minimum wage set at $20?

People that answer yes in the poll have no understanding of how economics work.

Raising the minimum wage is a bad thing, what happens is it devalues the currency and puts businesses, particularly small ones, in a very tough spot. They either have to cut hours, lay people off, or raise their prices (usually it's all 3).

When you raise the minimum wage all the prices on goods and services go up as well, so you arn't really getting paid any more, if it was $20 an hour than money would be worthless. Nothing good comes from raising the minimum wage, it hurts everyone, particularly poor people.

I dislike it when liberals and Democrats talk about trying to help poor people, but then they push for an increase in minimum wage. That does the exact opposite, and they know it. There is so much hypocrisy on both sides it's not even funny.

ShadowMoses900

The real problem is that coporations and invetors have gotten to used to unlimited growth and ridiculous profit margins. It has created an environment where if investors and the upper echelon of these corporations arern't making millions upon millions of dollars that something is wrong. In order for such a minimum wage to work there would have to be a change in the curret climate at wall street and in order for that to happen the electorate and gov't has to grow a pair amd weather the economic repercussions as they ween these investors off the idea that they all need to be billionaires.

So is the cake :(

I care less about post count than all of you people combined.

I remember admitting I was wrong on the health care debate here. (i was initially against it but changed my mind). It is quite liberating to just admit you were mistaken about something. I remember when I decided that I could no longer be a Christian (the faith I was raised in) that was like a load taken off my back. I also remember when I let rawsavon "just put the tip in a lil" and that was one mistake i never made again.

I believe it. Can you imagine all the government agencies, police, and prisons that would be out of a job if the drug war ended?

junglist101

I believe there are some good cops out there. I just haven't met any of them yet.