The labor market has been manipulated DOWNWARD with unmitigated LEGAL immigration to the point where the American workers are drowning. The Chamber of Cheap Labor wants to set wages by flooding the zone so I don't want to hear about free labor markets. That is a joke. If the min wage was raised it would reduce the pressure to import unskilled labor to work at the current $7.25/hr. It's a racket, why can't everyone see this?
Labor is only part of the market. By free market I mean the whole bit. I don’t want to see unthrottled or illegal immigration any more than a minimum wage.
You’re right about the racket. It all needs to go.
(If the min wage was raised it would reduce the pressure to import unskilled labor)
Two wrongs don’t make a right. A business that’s willing to hire illegal immigrants (already against the law), would not care about meeting minimum wage laws. We should just shut down illegal immigration, partly by enforcing those laws against employers who hire them.