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by crdoconnor 3516 days ago
>With the increase in minimum wage, some people are paid more, but at the expense of some poor people

No, at the expense of profit margins.

>Certainly we could find a better way of handling things.

The only other more direct way to move money from profit margins to the minimum waged would be to raise taxes on profits and effect a direct money transfer. Something tells me that you're not a fan of that either.