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edhopper

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6. His stats are wrong

Wed Dec 21, 2016, 03:05 PM

Dec 2016

And he is wrong in general.

Minimum-wage workers are older than they used to be. Their average age is 35, and 88 percent are at least 20 years old. Half are older than 30, and about a third are at least 40.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/upshot/minimum-wage.html?_r=0

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A $15 Minimum Wage Is Not the Best Way to Help Poor Workers [View all] think Dec 2016 OP

That argument has been regurgatated since forever. Usually the ones making it shraby Dec 2016 #1

Yes, and experience refutes the old, tired argument. HassleCat Dec 2016 #3

If Trump and the GOP get their way, it'll slide back down closer to five MADem Dec 2016 #2

Horse hockey Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #4

Don't raise wages, make businesses more profitable! gratuitous Dec 2016 #5

Seriously, I am so SICk of hearing this crap. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #23

His stats are wrong edhopper Dec 2016 #6

let em work for free. call it internship or some other BS title. and no health care ok? nt msongs Dec 2016 #7

I don't get their argument that a minimum wage increase is only supposed to procon Dec 2016 #8

they're saying employers would hire less sarah FAILIN Dec 2016 #11

Automation and tech advances will happen regardless of a minimum wage. procon Dec 2016 #17

I went to Olive Garden a couple of weeks back sarah FAILIN Dec 2016 #25

Nope... Not regardless of minimum wage FBaggins Dec 2016 #29

But you understand that it is not just the hourly wage costs, right? procon Dec 2016 #37

I do... but I'm not sure how that helps your argument FBaggins Dec 2016 #45

Yeah, they're not going to do that anyway. Goblinmonger Dec 2016 #22

For many families even teenage wage earners put into the family "pot" so to speak. Willie Pep Dec 2016 #12

Single Payer health care coupled with a 15 dollar min wage Bettie Dec 2016 #9

Barf. Any business that can't pay a living wage deserves to die. hunter Dec 2016 #10

+1 putitinD Dec 2016 #18

Raising the minimum wage has never caused unemployment. DefenseLawyer Dec 2016 #13

Minimum Wage Mythbusters. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #14

Thank you for posting. An excellent source and great information. /nt think Dec 2016 #15

You're welcome. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #16

You got me curious. Perhaps it's this chart found here?: think Dec 2016 #20

Oops! I remembered the details wrong, but I found the source. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #21

Not true. The highest, inflation adjusted, minimum wage was about $10 in the 60's n/t taught_me_patience Dec 2016 #26

See my corrected "Oops" reply above. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #30

+1000 smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #24

Whenever I see one of these think pieces start off Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #19

And even if you take what they say as fact xor Dec 2016 #27

When I owned a business, the increase in minimum from 8 to 10 taught_me_patience Dec 2016 #28

Well, if your business could only be viable by paying sub-standard wages gratuitous Dec 2016 #32

Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #35

Judgmental? gratuitous Dec 2016 #36

And his 8 workers who are unemployed are probably much better off also. . .. Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #46

The follow-up post has been taken down gratuitous Dec 2016 #47

not this retreaded crap again. nt Javaman Dec 2016 #31

I hate to read repuke propaganda on DU. Doremus Dec 2016 #33

thank you, and you are absolutely right about the importance of turnover. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #42

So much proven bullshit is in that article. Why would you post this republican tripe? Squinch Dec 2016 #34

I've post many pro minimum wage articles but never seem to find any from Time, WaPo, The NYT, etc think Dec 2016 #44

I call right wing BULLSHIT Warpy Dec 2016 #38

Not sure Harry Holzer deserves what he's getting paid IronLionZion Dec 2016 #39

IIRC Seattle is around 3.7% unemployment... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #40

um, fuck him, and he's wrong. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #41

77% of people aged 16-24 are adults. Iggo Dec 2016 #43

Money makes people poorer Generator Dec 2016 #48