Reply #16: This idea RW lemmings have that companies hire people as some kind of

[Liberal In Texas]

charity is crazy. Companies only hire enough people to cover what needs to be done. They don't hire "extra" people because the have some "extra" cash left over from paying the other employees less.

If they need 10 people to run a shift, they'll hire 10 people and a few bucks more per hour isn't going to bankrupt the company; or if it's going to it's a really poorly run company that's going to go under anyway. Companies normally will pay better than minimum to get better quality workers that won't jump ship at the drop of a hat. High turnover is very unproductive and most companies know that.

This illusion the RWers have that if everybody gets paid less, the company would hire 12 or 15 per shift instead of 10 is just plain nuts.