tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8147995230853073506..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Where Matt Yglesias Should Have StoppedRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38217905967330692482013-07-19T16:38:20.775-04:002013-07-19T16:38:20.775-04:00The problem, Mic, is that in the modern welfare st...The problem, Mic, is that in the modern welfare state, so many costs from childcare/"education" to healthcare, can be transferred to the State and the methods of production can be lowered to the third world (factory farming.)<br /><br />I don't think the answer is raising the minimum wage, but no point in answering, or asking, the wrong question.Local Alehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01944008990994732012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9151971017392815552013-07-19T07:36:33.087-04:002013-07-19T07:36:33.087-04:00The very first minimum wage was enacted to prevent...The very first minimum wage was enacted to prevent low paid blacks from taking construction jobs from whites. Not understanding the benefits of allowing the cheapest labor to complete any production has cost society much wealth.Michttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15733419377630651345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30381335250745619902013-07-18T22:35:39.767-04:002013-07-18T22:35:39.767-04:00Steve;
The idea of raising the min wage is reduci...Steve;<br /><br />The idea of raising the min wage is reducing immigration, since cheap imported labor for the benefit of the "capitalists" is obviously very important to them and the political regime (see the Amnesty bill, Gang of Eight, Ryan, Romney, McCain, Graham, Rubio and the D's.) Supporting open borders and no min wage would make that bunch quite happy--so one needs to Local Alehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01944008990994732012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71885342204142328802013-07-18T19:03:35.345-04:002013-07-18T19:03:35.345-04:00I've never understood the proponents of minimu...I've never understood the proponents of minimum wages, "living wages" (whatever that is), and other euphemisms for wage controls. <br /><br />A really simple question: if the government mandates wages above those the market would provide, thus making employment more expensive, will we get more jobs or fewer? The question answers itself.<br /><br />But no. These people will resortStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156269157955500129noreply@blogger.com