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8. Minimum wage is a universal protection or it's meaningless

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 12:03 AM

Aug 2015

I get where you're coming from, but minimum wage laws exist to protect everyone by keeping wages in general from being driven down.

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Its absolutely exploitive. procon Aug 2015 #13

It's not saving the state $80 million tularetom Aug 2015 #14

California doing it right yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #3

Well maybe juvenile should not, but no way minimum wage yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #6

Minimum wage is a universal protection or it's meaningless Recursion Aug 2015 #8

I respectfully disagree XemaSab Aug 2015 #11

I am all in favor of this. MicaelS Aug 2015 #7

It's like I said in different words upthread XemaSab Aug 2015 #12