tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5595666626819147212..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Economic Illiteracy and the Minimum WageRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7179948827351972182014-02-05T11:56:45.373-05:002014-02-05T11:56:45.373-05:00I think you've missed a joke here. The person ...I think you've missed a joke here. The person signed himself <br />Barry Foxgroup<br />Barry - Jerry<br />Fox - Wolf<br />Group - gang<br /><br />This post is a joke--an anonymous mocking Jerry Wolfgang. At least that's the way I read it. Matt Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208000502364195859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77221397184757246472014-02-05T00:23:58.461-05:002014-02-05T00:23:58.461-05:00"oh, and there are a number of scientific, pe..."oh, and there are a number of scientific, peer-reviewed articles that prove minimum wage doesn't follow supply and demand, FYI"<br /><br />I found a lot of scientific, peer-reviewed articles that prove that the planets do indeed influence our love lives and our destiny. Obviously, it all depends on which peers are doing the reviewing, doesn't it?OldMexicanhttp://www.oldmexican.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-82340373877344955952014-02-04T22:42:42.723-05:002014-02-04T22:42:42.723-05:00There are a lot of people wanting to raise the min...There are a lot of people wanting to raise the minimum wage with little understanding of the outcome. Sounds ok on the surface, but that money will be accounted for in the long run. Probably through higher prices. Jobs cuts. Hours cut. Faster automation. Trying to make minimum wage jobs, career jobs is not the answer. It is like trying to tell a hamburger it needs to be a steak now. Getting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58650534496710778342014-02-04T18:11:13.990-05:002014-02-04T18:11:13.990-05:00Speaking of economic illiteracy, care to chime in,...Speaking of economic illiteracy, care to chime in, JW?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67516003181099786522014-02-04T17:58:36.161-05:002014-02-04T17:58:36.161-05:00@Barry Foxgroup:
You are missing the point. Supp...@Barry Foxgroup:<br /><br />You are missing the point. Supply and demand are not about numbers on a spreadsheet. They are about the values and cares of human beings. <br /><br />With regard to minimum wage laws, supply refers to the willingness of real human beings to supply their labor to other real human beings in exchange for wages. It is an expression of their cares and what they value. Quaero Querohttp://mises.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-36045442453762446882014-02-04T17:30:57.651-05:002014-02-04T17:30:57.651-05:00The minimum wage outlaws jobs. The minimum wage outlaws jobs. gpondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01013837189187920036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30720261649772564432014-02-04T17:26:40.797-05:002014-02-04T17:26:40.797-05:00Have you seen the Reich video on the minimum wage?...Have you seen the Reich video on the minimum wage? Its one of the easiest videos to destroy with logic that I've seen come from someone that is supposedly a brilliant political economist. Had a seemingly intelligent guy actually cite it as irrefutable proof that raising the minimum wage made sense. I watched it and took it apart sentence by sentence. Reich is so stupid in the video he Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43468438426741599792014-02-04T17:19:25.620-05:002014-02-04T17:19:25.620-05:00Yes, and the laws of physics only apply Monday thr...Yes, and the laws of physics only apply Monday through Saturday, just like the laws of supply and demand. LOL If they don't apply or mean anything, then why not end poverty and raise it to $20/hr? There is plenty of information out there that proves that raising the minimum wage hurts the unskilled. I certainly wouldn't call people that support raising it caring human beings. Life is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41026073316017053072014-02-04T17:18:46.139-05:002014-02-04T17:18:46.139-05:00Your "scientific, peer-reviewed articles"...Your "scientific, peer-reviewed articles" were written by sectarians who don't have to make payroll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67067290349522099902014-02-04T17:03:17.639-05:002014-02-04T17:03:17.639-05:00JW: Troll.JW: Troll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60554982210259367942014-02-04T16:57:19.767-05:002014-02-04T16:57:19.767-05:00People who advocate for the minimum wage are putti...People who advocate for the minimum wage are putting a specific number on the value of a human being.Micnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-4005501360186156542014-02-04T16:45:33.610-05:002014-02-04T16:45:33.610-05:00If you cared about human beings you'd care abo...If you cared about human beings you'd care about freedom. Minimum wage is force, not freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81703358271524767722014-02-04T16:28:39.737-05:002014-02-04T16:28:39.737-05:00Speaking of economic illiteracy, take a look at th...Speaking of economic illiteracy, take a look at this story: <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/370307/fry-cook-shifted-part-time-work-confronts-obama-andrew-johnson/" rel="nofollow">Fry Cook Shifted to Part-Time Work Confronts Obama</a>.<br /><br />First, Obama passes the ACA and gets the Fry cook partially fired. But that's not good enough for Obama. When the Fry cook complains, Quaero Querohttp://mises.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-87912390758883424832014-02-04T16:21:33.873-05:002014-02-04T16:21:33.873-05:00lol i don't care about supply and demand or wh...lol i don't care about supply and demand or whatever.<br /><br />Minimum wage moves beyond economics into HUMAN values and caring about HUMAN beings, as opposed to numbers on a spreadsheet.<br /><br />oh, and there are a number of scientific, peer-reviewed articles that prove minimum wage doesn't follow supply and demand, FYI<br /><br />- Barry FoxgroupAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9130273971080174442014-02-04T16:17:10.836-05:002014-02-04T16:17:10.836-05:00People who support the minimum wage will find thei...People who support the minimum wage will find their eyes glazed over by the end of the sixth paragraph. So I searched the comments for a neater explanation of "hiking the minimum wage means firing people, not giving raises."<br /><br />After some painful reading, I came away more convinced than ever that the minimum wage must be raised as high as possible, as soon as possible, as a Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985763976152286027noreply@blogger.com