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With an average $10,000 raise what do you guys think the working poor would do with that money?
Save? Invest?
I remind you again - we're ALREADY paying these people in our taxes.
I would rather pay an extra 10 cents a burger if people could pay for themselves and develop a work ethic.
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Please answer my question. If you think a $12 an hour minimum wage is good, don't you think that $25 an hour would be even better? By your logic, we would then no longer have ANY "working poor."
I take it you don't want Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and Unemployment insurance either, right? Because if they are good then why not make them even MORE good?
Why is $25 ridiculous, but $12 isn't? What happens with a $25 minimum wage that doesn't happen with a $12 minimum, except on a smaller scale.
And no, I don't want Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and unemployment compensation. They are all economically unsustainable systems that need to be phased out.