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Downwinder

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1. There was a study several years ago.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 05:35 PM

Jul 2012

The conclusion was that every locale that had increased the minimum wage had experienced an economic boom.

Workers had more money to spend, the higher wage attracted more people to the area, and businesses had more customers.

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Minimum Wage Increase - Surely You Jest [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jul 2012 OP

There was a study several years ago. Downwinder Jul 2012 #1

Hell, why pay people at all? RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #2

What they get. Downwinder Jul 2012 #3

Damn, and I thought another day older and deeper in debt was bad enough. RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #4

You betcha. And don't forget the billions of new jobs that will appear once this whole globalism Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #5

Everybody knows that if the minimum wage is raised.. Teamster Jeff Jul 2012 #6

And conventional wisdom said the world was flat. Downwinder Jul 2012 #7

Seems to me that the easiest way to refute that 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #8