I strongly beleive so Every time minimum wage is raised it makes it harder for the youth and the poor to get jobs. It's a fact. Youth lack skills and with minimum wage, employers don't have time to train new people. Minimum wage also means sometimes small businesses have to fire and create more work for the workers (now having to take over the fired individuals) for just a little boost in pay. Sometimes hours are cut from hard workers. It's not a good situation, but if an employer wants to give a little money to hobo that sleeps outside in the ally, the man has no skills, but the employer wants to give him a little bit of work to clean the toilet or something. Well it may not be worth minimum wage but it gave the hobo some work and money. The reason why women don't feel like they make enough is because many don't negotiate with their employer, women tend to except the low pay, while men tend to negotiate in whatever way they can to get payed more. It's the fault of the worker to except the pay, you can't blame the employer for that, it's up to you to state your worth. Posted by: triggerhappy923 Report Post

It's completely useless The minimum wage was placed with good intentions, however it does nothing to benefit society. For example just look at unemployment, while I will concede that studies have shown that overall unemployment virtually unaffected that specific statistic is misleading as best. Mainly because there are different groups that make up the work force, the group most notably affected by the minimum wage and it's many increases is the young teen employees, as studies have proven that teen unemployment has shown consistent increases with every corresponding increase in the minimum wage. Posted by: Marshall-Abarca Report Post

Yes, It should be abolished. It hurts small business. Businesses who do not pay their workers a so-called, "living wage", Will fail and workers will quit working at that location or for that company. They will find a job willing to pay them the money the market has decided they are owed for their skills. Report Post

Waste of money If someone is willing to work for a dollar and someone is willing to work for 10$ that should mean that the 10$ person is 10x more efficient. The price of goods would go down and skilled labor would go up while also lowering the unemployment rate. It’s a win win Report Post

Just ask Milton Friedman for the answer Minimum wage laws hurt those people who need it most. Those workers with the least skills and who need the entry level jobs the most will no longer be able to find work because higher skilled workers will be the ones hired to fulfill those jobs - now at the new higher min wage Report Post

Yes i do I just do because its some thing that is true lel. Don't judge what I say because what I say is true. It's just a really dumb idea I think. Https:// www. Debate. Org/ opinions/ should -minimum- wage- be- abolished what do you guys say about this issue that h Report Post

No minimom wage First off A higher minimum wage doesn’t improve jobs – it eliminates them. More and more companies would begin replacing people with robots as they became cheaper than people for more and more jobs. Many companies would start hiring workers in other countries where they would be able to find cheaper labor.

Second A minimum wage increase would hurt businesses and force companies to close. 60% of small-business owners say that raising the minimum wage will "hurt most small-business owners, " according to a 2013 poll.

A simple supply and demand graph shows that without minimum wage people’s hourly wage would still equal out because of equalibram. But once we add a price floor (minimum wage) that is to high it causes a surplus of workers but not enough jobs to support them.

In Denmark Relations between workers and employers have been deemed downright harmonious due to the lack of a federally mandated minimum wage.

Increasing the federal minimum wage would disproportionately harm the poorest areas of the United States. Report Post

There should be no minimum wage First off A higher minimum wage doesn’t improve jobs – it eliminates them. More and more companies would begin replacing people with robots as they became cheaper than people for more and more jobs. Many companies would start hiring workers in other countries where they would be able to find cheaper labor.

Second A minimum wage increase would hurt businesses and force companies to close. 60% of small-business owners say that raising the minimum wage will "hurt most small-business owners, " according to a 2013 poll.

A simple supply and demand graph shows that without minimum wage people’s hourly wage would still equal out because of equalibram. But once we add a price floor (minimum wage) that is to high it causes a surplus of workers but not enough jobs to support them.

In Denmark Relations between workers and employers have been deemed downright harmonious due to the lack of a federally mandated minimum wage.

Increasing the federal minimum wage would disproportionately harm the poorest areas of the United States. Report Post

SME can’t afford it. How are SME employers supposed to fund these constant wage increases? We cannot increase our customer prices to afford this. My customers will either move business else ware or move abroad to The Far East / Asia. I have had to absorb price increases from my raw material suppliers, In certain instances for the past 10 years. Our profit is in our manufacturing processes, And we have to work on an extremely low margin. At this rate, The government are going to put SME’s out of business. Lifting the employee minimum wage and pension contributions has had a major effect on my business, With other employees in my business. They insist that the pay gap between semi skilled and skilled workers should remain the same, So we have to increase their hourly rate to keep hold of key employees. On top of this, You need to take into account their overtime rates increase dramatically. Maybe whoever is responsible for this, Should put their houses or livelihoods on the line, Like I have done for the past 34 years, And start a business? I have invested in robotic machinery for the past 20 years. I will be investing even more to avoid employing any further staff, As I CAN’T afford it. Politicians have no idea how hard it is trying to keep your business afloat. ? Maybe OEM blue chip companies can sustain this? When will you start to consider SME employers that can’t? The manufacturing sector is extremely volatile and as I explained, We cannot lift our prices to counter your increases. Please stop this before you put 1000’s more employees on benefits.

I look forward to your response. However, I am not confident that I will receive one.

Thanks

Ross Burns Report Post