Originally Posted by sperbonzo

How do you get that statement? I don't think that there should be a minimum wage at all..... but since there is one, and Walmart is complying with it, then what are they doing wrong? If you want everyone who is now getting government assistance to have a wage that doesn't qualify them for it, you need to raise that minimum to something about $17 per hour..... of course that will drive prices up, and then people will again demand more government assistance...

The whole "controversy" is a sham really. If people don't want to work there, then they don't have too. If people don't want to shop there then they don't have too. If Walmart wants to offer 10 cents per hour, and no one come to work for them, then that is their right also. If they want to only have people work for them who have PHDs, then this is also their right. The only thing that is being forced in this situation is that the government is forcing some people to give up their money in order to give it to other people. Mark my words, if the minimum wage was raised to $20 tomorrow, then the income level that was qualified for some type of government assistance would be raised to $60k per year next week.




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