[re_nortex]

I am with you 100%. Minimum wage is an abhorrent concept, and even worse is the concept of a “living wage”.

Thank you very much for that response. I really don't want to divert the thread any more than I have already. I'll just mention that FReepers not familiar with Frances Perkins would be well-served (pun partly intended) to read more about that despicable woman. Along with fellow travelers Harry Hopkins and Henry Wallace, that satanic trio set the stage for Barack Hussein Obama. They all share the common trait of never having worked an honest day in their lives.

[dangus]

The issue is not that the server is entitled to a minimum wage, set by the government; it serves here only as a reference point for how obscenely low the wage is.