[Red Jones]

and young people today are trying to do what you did. When they work those summer jobs at minimum wage they get paid a lot less than you did because the minimum wage hasn't kept pace with inflation. And then when they pay for that college tuition they have to pay a lot more than you did because on average college tuitions have gone up much faster than inflation. And so they get student loans which are very easily available tomake the difference. And if they major in engineering like you, then they won't be able to get a job because of H1b. But they'll still have to pay back that student loan. From one generation to another we are slowly putting our people into bondage because we've made a lot of stupid decisions in managing our nation's affairs. And under this scenario the only comment you can make is to say something bad about a person who works a low wage job. very unfortunate.

[rogue yam]

Your reply to my post was lame so you can stuff the attitude, Bucko. H1B visas have not choked off all prospects for young graduates. And adults with no skills are still, and will always be, lazy people. We are in a downturn right now and you and a number of other whiners want to claim that it's the end of the world. Well, I've seen downturns before and we've always pulled through. Five years ago nobody was peddling this doom-and-gloom nonsense and someday before too long it will again be put on the shelf. Sure, if it was up to me I'd cut back on immigration and H1B visas. But this thread is about the minimum wage. So maybe it has 25% less purchasing power than it did 20 years ago. So what? My point remains the same. Better yourself and you won't have to worry about it!