Subj : Re: What a lovely USA the To : Ron L. From : Aaron Thomas Date : Mon Aug 19 2024 08:30:54 RL> 1. Raise the minimum wage and everyone gets paid more. RL> Then what happens? RL> 2. Employers don't just have that money laying around. So their either RL> cut hours, cut employees, raise prices (which lowers demand), close RL> their doors. Then what happens? RL> 3. The people who would have gotten "paid more" now have less hours (so RL> they get less pay), or don't have a job (and now get no pay). RL> RL> So the end result is the OPPOSITE of what the "intent" is. But when you say "intent," you're making it sound like they actually have a good intention. Maybe they do have a warped idea that that they're doing a good thing for us, but they seem like pure evil to me. --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Windows/64) * Origin: JoesBBS.Com, Telnet:23 SSH:22 HTTP:80 (1:342/201) .