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RE: Singapore and Switzerland aren’t fare comparisons when discussing minimum wage. The US wouldn’t need one either if citizens weren’t competing with invaders

A significant number of those working in Singapore AND Switzerland ARE in fact FOREIGNERS.

The difference — immigration is WELL REGULATED and CONTROLLED.

Want to work in Singapore as a fast food worker or maid or construction worker from Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia or the Philippines?

Go and apply, and if you have the skill set, they’ll let you work. BUT NO PATH TO CITIZENSHIP UNLESS YOU HAVE THE SPECIAL SKILL THE COUNTRY NEEDS.

Go and work, make money, return when your contract is up. Re-apply to come back when there’s a need.

We used to have such a system until it got screwed up.

It was called the Bracero program.

I'm all for that Bracaro program. Way back, a cranberry bog owner actually had to try to find workers in the community before he could bring in contract labor from Cambodia. Some locals going through tough times actually took those jobs and got a fresh start.

I just don't know how we get back to sanity easily. The percentage of those who don't work among young adults is staggering. They have to be brought into the job market. This cuts across ethnic and racial lines. As near as I can see, it doesn't involve ability. It's that it's too easy for them to survive without working.

The US needs a "time out" to stabilize our population.