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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
You have an NDP tattoo on your body don't you? You have been provided valid links with studies indicating that increasing minimum wages does not necessarily work yet you carry on like your opinion is much more valid.
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I don't think it's that. I think it's just a different approach, like taking a shotgun after your target instead of an appropriate gauge of arms. Some people just think poor people should be richer so let's force them to get more money. A+B=C. It's not an unreasonable thought. What is unreasonable is expecting this to happen without any consequences...d,e and f.
It's like the opposite argument that goes, Alberta's minimum wage was totally irrelevant because we had the best economy in the country. Therefore you should create a business friendly economy to battle poverty. That's true but there are caveats.
I do hate the "people working 40 hours should be able to live above the poverty line" argument. I don't disagree with that but I'm positive there is a better way of going about getting them there.