[motor_racer]

I prefer to see at as not a minimum wage law, but a minimum value law. If you can't produce the minimum plus your employer's costs (like payroll taxes) and some residual value, you aren't allowed to work. You aren't allowed to make your life better. You now must vote "correctly" to keep the scary Republicans from pushing you off the dole, because the minimum allowed value of an employee is never allowed to reduce. If you happen to get another job, they will raise it again to outlaw your work.

Go ask the government for a handout, because you REALLY need them now. And remember to vote where your stale bread and rancid butter come from.

[AmishDude]

This is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, everything will cost more and crime will increase because of bored teenagers and people with no skills. (Who wants to pay $7.25 on somebody you won't even know will show up? You'll have to monitor them all the time!)

On the other hand, there will be more self-checkouts at the grocery and at Wal-mart and maybe even at McDonald's. I'd love to be able to go out without ever having to talk to anyone.