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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The economy needs consumers, we're either going to have to pay people a living wage to do menial tasks or pay them a living wage to do absolutely nothing at all.
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And you are certain the magic number is $15/hour? It seems like we're throwing darts here. Like hey Seattle and San Francisco are doing $15 so let's go with that. Should work great in Hanna too. One thing literally every economist agrees on is that there is a perfect minimum wage, one that minimizes impact on business while maximizing benefit to employees. And that number isn't the same across the board. That number depends on factors that aren't in our favour right now. So when our NDP shoves a bunch of data at me about how well $15 an hour works in some places that aren't Alberta in 2016 it should be patently obvious they have literally no idea what they're talking about.