ON THE MINIMUM WAGE My problem is that I see the mwl as the root cause(or a contributary) of every social problem in our society from drugs, to crime, outsourcing of jobs and closing of manufacturing plants. In Alaska, Texas and all coastal areas, fishermen want bigger and bigger boats to get ever larger catches at sea. Then they complain that the ocean is fished out as their catch is less and less. Of course, they complain that they cannot meet their ever higher mortgage on the boat(s). The price of fish goes up and up. The apartment house operation...