- The vast majority of economists believe the minimum wage law costs
the economy thousands of jobs.
- Teenagers, workers in training, college students, interns, and part-time workers all have their options
and opportunities limited by the minimum wage.
- A low-paying job remains an entry point for those with few marketable skills.
- Abolishing the minimum wage will allow businesses to achieve greater efficiency and lower prices.
- When you force American companies to pay a certain wage, you increase the likelihood that those companies
will outsource jobs to foreign workers, where labor is much cheaper.
- Non-profit charitable organizations are hurt by the minimum wage.
- The minimum wage can drive some small companies out of business.
- A minimum wage gives businesses an additional incentive to mechanize duties previously held by humans.
- Cost-of-living differences in various areas of the country make a universal minimum wage difficult to set.
- Elimination of the minimum wage would mean more citizens and fewer illegals would be hired for low-pay hourly
jobs, leading to greater tax revenues and less incentive for illegal immigration.
- The minimum wage creates a competitive advantage for foreign companies, providing yet another obstacle in
the ability of American companies to compete globally.
- The minimum wage law is just another example of government condescendingly controlling our actions and
destroying personal choice. Citizens do have the ability to say no to a lower wage.
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- Adults who currently work for minimum wage are likely to lose jobs to teenagers who will work for much less.
- Workers need a minimum amount of income from their work to survive and pay the bills.
- Businesses have more power to abuse the labor market.
- It forces businesses to share some of the vast wealth with the people that help produce it.
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