"Why stop at $10 an hour? Why not raise it to $50 or $100 or $1,000 dollars an hour??"

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26. You SHOULDN'T be confused. You made an argument here.

This is what I'm talking about, and it's something you often don't see when this discussion comes up. One person says it should be "much higher", and the other says that's "too high" but no one give a number (or any explanation of 1. where that number came from. 2. why it makes sense or 3. if you go even higher, what problems may develop.

FAR too often, people just leave the argument that if you pay workers more everyone benefits with no specifics as to a downside if you pay them more beyond a certain point. (i.e. If you paid them $20 an hour data shows "x" happens, but if you start going beyond that, "y" and "z" will start to become problems). Part of this may just be laziness on peoples part, or a lack of real understanding of what the number should be (and I'll admit, I don't have an exact number in mind, either) but part of it is because the mathematical analysis that would go into determining such a value (or range) can't be easily condensed into a short, easily explainable talking point and until someone figures out how to do that, I think you're going to continue to see this argument.