This issue is politicized and spun to pit us against one another, like most things. But the basis for the argument against raising the minimum wage is pretty much the opposite of everything in the Bible and the rhetoric of every politician alive today.
What they’re asking you to do is to value your ability to pay a nickel less for a roll of toilet paper at the expense of a fellow American trying to put food on the table. That you are a consumer first and an American second. The phrase is ‘American consumer’, not the other way around…don’t forget that.
I paid 750 dollars a few years back for a used Honda Civic, which is the same price I paid for a BMW 5-Series while living in Germany. In Japan an American made automobile can be bought for less money than it costs here in the states. How can this be?
How can we believe whatever the lobbyists tell us on this issue? The corporations are effected by having to pay a higher minimum wage – WallMart, McDonalds, Target, Carl’s Jr, etc…they’ll pay the least amount possible in wages that they can. The ‘we want to provide the consumer’s low prices’ line is bull. They’ll charge what people will pay, plain and simple. It’s about competing with other corporations for your dollar, not out of the goodness of their heart.
Why should they be able to compete in this way at the expense of your fellow American worker? Energy prices are up, gas prices are up, cost of living increases…why shouldn’t wages rise as well? It’s a family values issue. Moreso though, it’s about doing the right thing.
Don’t believe the hype on this one. You’ll hear that raising the minimum wage will create job loses, but the minimum wage jobs there now wouldn’t be there if they weren’t necessary. The result will be an extra couple of cents added to prices, which won’t kill anyone. Americans need to stick up for fellow Americans, not CEOs. They make enough money, let them figure it out.
This is not communist China or the USSR. Let’s not act like it is.