Minimum wage increase from $7.25 to $9.00 per hour (user search)
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Question: Do you support Obama's proposal to increase the minimum wage?
#1
Yes, but $9 is not enough.
 
#2
Yes, its about right.
 
#3
No, but we should keep it as it is.
 
#4
No, and we should eliminate the minimum wage.
 
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Total Voters: 85

Author Topic: Minimum wage increase from $7.25 to $9.00 per hour  (Read 12187 times)
TJ in Oregon
TJ in Cleve
Junior Chimp
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« on: February 22, 2013, 12:12:54 AM »

Probably slightly on the side of not enough, however; the transition to that or higher could be just as damaging to the poor and unlike Opebo, I am not out for revenge or something of that sort especially when it comes at the expense of the very people it aims to help.

I probably lean towards supporting the proposal then.

There's no evidence that a higher minimum wage causes unemployment.

Of course there is.  There may be evidence to the contrary as well, but to claim there isn't any evidence for an association is just silly.

This is why coming to an informed conclusion on issues like this is near impossible.

Particularly as there aren't any test-cases for long-run changes in the real minimum wage in the US.

What we could really use is for two very similar states to enact substantially different minimum wages and watch what happens in each.
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