Agreed. It is basically feeling good about one's self by spending someone else's money.
One is paid for the value they bring to the employer. To pay based on their perceived need is socialism - nothing less. They are taking from those who are perceived to have more (employer) and giving it to those who are perceived as not having enough.
And who decides who needs more & who has too much? Yep, socialists with no skin in the game.
If the government was so fair and altruistic it would require a two tier minimum wage. One starts at the lower minimum wage and gets promoted to the higher wage if their work warrants it. Thus the more productive (minimum wage) workers would not see the slothful being paid the same thing for doing less. Never happen because the purpose of the minimum wage is really to put as many as possible down to the lowest common denominator. Again, socialism.
You said, “Agreed. It is basically feeling good about one’s self by spending someone else’s money.”
How true! I bet the higher up at WalMart are laughing it up like crazy when they get the public to subsidize their employees for them! And McDonalds! And even BizBroker if he is paying some poor schlump minimum wages!
Oh, but WalMart for example, has it so good! Re: cent-va’s video, they increase their bottom line by underpaying their employees, and then increase their top line when those same people spend the food stamps at WalMart! I call that a two-fer!
Also, Union contracts are tied to the Minimum Wage.