[central_va]

Low skilled jobs in the past were done by teens. Now illegals do these jobs and actually make a career out of them, which is ridiculous on the face of it, augmented by uncle sugar. This squeezes out the teens. Free Trade, open borders equal no country.

Who, but a low IQ immigrant, would be satisfied washing dishes at the age of 50 for minimum wage?

[Borges]

“washing dishes at the age of 50 for minimum wage”

Don’t knock it till you tried it! /sarc

[rlmorel]

Thomas Sowell brilliantly explains why the minimum wage is harmful to employment, and why the whole concept is flawed from the get-go.

It’s interesting that liberals simply cannot understand why minimum-wage jobs are not meant to be career choices.

Without the benefit of Dr. Sowell’s explanation, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the deleterious effects on employment for young people if the minimum wage is increased.

It all boils down to the concept that liberals think money grows on trees. They think it’s just there for the picking…