tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post5006389786743945075..comments2024-03-23T13:18:17.693-05:00Comments on Anybody Want A Peanut?: Minimum Wage: Friend or Foe?cherenkovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-16178102497765959432008-04-02T11:34:00.000-05:002008-04-02T11:34:00.000-05:00u e-w: it must be sweet to be a student living wit...u e-w: it must be sweet to be a student living with the parents in Alberta right now. One night of work at the donut shop will give you cash for the weekend.<BR/><BR/>u b: increasing it on the eve of an economic slow-down doesn't help either.cherenkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-81699260663808348852008-04-02T09:10:00.000-05:002008-04-02T09:10:00.000-05:00One of the practical problems with minimum wage is...One of the practical problems with minimum wage is that it discriminates against the private sector creation of appropriately paid jobs for people that are not worth minimum wage. This problem forces the government to support those folks in a higher manner by other less productive means. Those other means also have the undesirable side effect of inducing an unhealthy long term entitlement life style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-65546048587738878082008-04-02T00:13:00.000-05:002008-04-02T00:13:00.000-05:00I wonder what the Albertans making $15.00 an hour ...I wonder what the Albertans making $15.00 an hour at Tim Horton's think of minimum wage legislation. Maybe putting a province on a solid economic footing is a better idea for our provincial leaders....Unapologetic Ex-Winnipeggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669734044503283015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-44671610236666205812008-04-01T23:52:00.000-05:002008-04-01T23:52:00.000-05:00That's what some people might say, but it depends ...That's what some people might say, but it depends on a number of things. In the 90s, adverse minimum wage effects were low. More Recent studies tend to show that, yes, jobs are lost. Some of those lost jobs are probably due to businesses cutting back or closing.cherenkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355986781478585611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2559260500579382213.post-83531759685600571372008-04-01T20:20:00.000-05:002008-04-01T20:20:00.000-05:00Either way it gets passed on to everyone...busines...Either way it gets passed on to everyone...business won't be taking any hit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com