[thatwasunusual]

> You can't just raise minimum wage and expect people to make more money since businesses need to fire everyone who aren't worth the new minimum wage [...]

This way of thinking is what's wrong with USA (among many other things).

You don't (or at least shouldn't) hire lots of people because it's cheap.

[cyberjerkXX]

It's a voluntary agreement between people. It's not immoral to pay minimum wage to someone when they both agree. I find it to be immoral for the government to force themselves into the agreement.

Only ~1% of people in the US make federal minimum wage. ~58% of that 1% are serving related occupations who collect tips that are not counted in BLS wage data.

You need to use median wage - which is ~$24 for all occupations.

[freedomben]

If that way of thinking is wrong, why not just make the minimum wage a million an hour and let everyone be mega wealthy? What do you think would happen if we passed that?

Edit: to the down voters, what is your answer to the question?

[tstrimple]

> “Oh water is healthy for you? Why don’t you drink a hundred gallons a day? Checkmate atheists!”

Brilliant argument you have there.

[freedomben]

You didn't answer the question. I suspect that is because basic economics kicks in and you quickly realize that you can't just raise the minimum wage as high as you want and expect it to work. It is a complicated and complex and highly nuanced thing.

Your water example actually reinforces my point. If GP ignores the reality around drinking too much water, they will poison themselves, just like ignoring the reality around minimum wage would destroy things.

[tstrimple]

Because the question is stupid on its face. If thing X is good, 1000x X must be good too is such a stupid fucking mentality. It doesn't apply to literally anything. Vitamin C is good. Too much is toxic. Sun exposure is good. Too much is toxic. Drinking water is good. Too much is toxic. Such a basic fucking concept that exists across basically everything in our society.

Yet here you are stating that because a higher minimum wage is good, it must be more good to make the minimum wage "a million an hour" too right? Which doesn't follow at all based on literally any other example of things that are "good". It's mind-numbingly stupid. It's a ridiculous straw-man made by someone either disingenuous or ignorant.