[reflecting]

and all the robbers barrens of old would also be proud...how dare the little people, the disposable ones, dare think they are justified in using government to force owners to pay them a living wage? The gall....the unmitigated uppityness

[Onelifetogive]

dare think they are justified in using government to force owners to pay them a living wage?

If we can get together to use the government to force the "robber baron" to give us more than we are worth, why can't we use the government to force him to pay us for not even working at all?

[MinnesotaLibertarian]

how dare the little people, the disposable ones, dare think they are justified in using government to force owners to pay them a living wage?

I know you're being sarcastic, but it's true. The government has absolutely no business setting prices or wages - the laws of supply and demand do. All raising the minimum wage succeeds at doing is increasing unemployment and increasing inflation, leaving some workers only marginally better off than before (or about the same) and others much worse off than before (those that lose their jobs as a result).

[TChris]

and all the robbers barrens of old would also be proud...how dare the little people, the disposable ones, dare think they are justified in using government to force owners to pay them a living wage? The gall....the unmitigated uppityness

ROFL!

OK, let's go with what you're proposing. I run a computer business. Business is sometimes difficult, since there are others competing for the same customers. If I charge my customers too much, they'll just get someone else to do the work who charges less.

By your reasoning, I should lobby the government to force my customers to pay me what I think they should. After all, the lifestyle I would like, and feel I rightfully deserve, requires a higher income. (This "Living Wage" B.S. is a political term that translates into "standard of living acceptable to me") Customers who refuse to pay the higher rates are like "robber barons", since they're too greedy to part with their beloved cash and give more to me.

Isn't that about right?