See? We have proof that abolishing a minimum wage is NOT destructive to an economy....but do libs see that? Nooooo.....
As for the second part of my post...I still really don’t know what conservatives should do on the question of educating people who WANT to better themselves.
There are some out there who have made REALLY poor decisions in their lives...getting into drugs and alcohol, having kids out of wedlock, and just plain laziness.
Laziness CAN be cured with proper motivation, but what about the rest?
The answer for unwed mothers: keep your pants zipped and legs closed (sorry to be so crude, but hey).
I wish I had a solution for the poor fool who’s mind is so blown by drugs that they can’t function beyond a minimum wage-type position.
Thoughts?
Drugs and alcohol are choices...You can’t choose for them...They have to decide whether or not they want to excel at life or “just get by”...
There would be, I believe, a lot less “unwed” mothers if we reverted back to the welfare system that was in place BEFORE LBJ declared “The War on Poverty” in 1964...Actually, per capita, there were more two parent,strong families in the black communities than were in the white communities then. The LBJ welfare system created more money for single parents ans that was taken advantage of and has now become the norm.
Look at the actual percentage and numbers of “minimum wage” workers...It is very small...One of the most damaging aspects of raising the minimum wage would be because of union contracts, union workers would be raised the same amount. There are many more union workers than there are minimum wage workers...
Also, the majority of minimum wage workers are teens who still live at home and work for spending money and play.
As far as the public education system, it needs to be returned to the state level instead of the federal government’s “one size fits all” corrupt sytem. Jimmy Carter did us no favors whatsoever when he started the Federal Department of Eductaion in 1978...That was the beginning of the “dumbing down” of public education...