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To: NormsRevenge

If the idea here is to ensure that full time employees are guaranteed a "living wage" then there is a simpler way to do this than by raising the federally mandated minimum age.

The government needs to simply write a check to every worker in America that makes up the difference between what they earn in a year and what they need to comfortably live on. This can be paid for out of a special government fund set up specifically for this purpose and doesn't need to come out of the general fund. The way to pay for this is for the government to PRINT EXTRA MONEY to exactly cover the amount needed by this program.

Now, some people out there might argue that the government printing extra money and putting it into circulation doesn't actually put anything of real value into the economy but simply results in out of control inflation and an erosion of peoples savings, and those people would be right. But, in the end, it's the exact same thing as the federal government mandating higher minimum wages.


10 posted on 07/28/2006 10:02:20 AM PDT by spinestein (Follow "The Bronze Rule")
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To: spinestein
...the federally mandated minimum age.

My children are in violation of this law.....

15 posted on 07/28/2006 10:09:19 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some Freepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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