[Yo-Yo]

The truth is the global tuna industry is so competitive that it is no longer possible for the federal government to demand mainland minimum wage rates for American Samoa without causing the collapse of our economy and making us welfare wards of the federal government."

An admission that minimum wage laws are counterproductive?

[Eagle of Liberty]

the collapse of our economy and making us welfare wards of the federal government

Hence, the main goal of the Democrat Party is revealed!!!!

[Abathar]

Bingo! Why is the tuna industry any different than thousands of other businesses having to compete in the world market?

[DCPatriot]

An admission that minimum wage laws are counterproductive?

Evidence of Hillary Clinton's famous now bumpersticker quote:

They admit full well that a percentage of small business will suffer unless the cost is competitively passed on to the consumer.

They're no different than Goodfellas making their weekly rounds for premium protection.

[Carling]

Minimum wage should be up to the local or state governments to determine. The American Somoa situation illustrates exactly why a blanketed minimum is a terrible idea at the national level. I doubt anyone with a legal visa or citizenship is making much less than $10/hour in San Francisco, for example, regardless of the $5.25 national minimum. Here in Oregon, the state minimum wage is $7.50/hr, and many rural communities have trouble meeting that while the businesses here in the Portland metro area often pay higher for entry level and unskilled workers.