Posted by
daddontsk8 on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:44:58 PM
It is not hard to find an economic argument against the minimum wage. It is not hard because the vast majority of economists agree that a minimum wage can actually decrease employment levels, especially within the groups most in need of employment. You can even apply morality to the economic argument that if someone can and will work for a wage, government should not prevent a willing worker, but should assist that worker in getting a job by removing the artificial wage.
But the minimum wage is immoral from another perspective as well.
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