Raising the Minimum Wage

[spoonitnow]

So families should just move in together?
It seems you're implying that these min. wage workers are all young males capable of much more. There are a gazillion folks who aren't capable of doing more. So we should just pack 'em all in a big warehouse or something.... Maybe they could live in the back of McDonald's?
I manage a couple of low-rent buildings - - ~1/2 of tenants are on disability (mental/physical) & the other half that are working mostly are doing so at min.wage jobs. This building is probably the 2nd or 3rd cheapest in the entire town. These people can barely afford to eat. They should just all double-up & move in together... fk 'em! They should've just been born into a better social network with more supportive/healthy families. And for the ones who have physical ailments/chronic illness & are still trying to work... pff.. suck it up & get a job! Just work harder! or go to school... get some training!

You've decided that "two people" now means "multiple families," and that's making it very difficult for me to take anything you say after that seriously.

There's a lot of, "Oh no, I wasn't born with a silver spoon shoved up my ass, so I'd better not try to do anything with my life," out there in the world.

Some people, through no fault of their own, don't make very much money or have fallen on hard times. There are safety nets in place to help those people through charity, government handouts, and whatever.

Raising the minimum wage means fewer jobs, period.