Thread: Is Illegal Immigration Hurting Our Working Class?
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Old 12-11-2006, 01:57 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tyreay View Post
Sorry sgt, that bull. The only ones it would hurts is the companies that have to pay more. These jobs still need to be filled and they will be filled, just with a better rate of pay.
What is bull is the crap that we are being fed to justify the raising of the minimum wage. The increase in wage would not hurt companies at all, they would either decrease their number of employees or increase the cost of their products. So who is hurt, first those seeking jobs because now there are less out there, and finally the consumer who now has to pay more for their products and/or services. In the end those who are hurt the most are those who have lower job skills.

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Your actually trying to claim that only 5% of the 1%(that you claim are recieving Minimum wage) are below the poverty line? So basicly your saying they all live at home with their parents unless they are illegal immigrants?
How would raising the minimum wage not allow unskilled workers to still get thier foot in the door? The current minimum wage equals legal slave labor!
Let the cheap bastards that have money pay more money, or find an honest line of work, if that doesn't suit their profit margin.
The numbers don't lie. Most of those who hold minimum wage jobs are in the age group of 16 - 25. Mainly students and those who are just entering the labor force. These jobs provide a foot in the door. Raising the wage means either paying more to a person who is not qualified or hiring less, which one do you think companies will choose to do??? Considering that 2/3s of those who do make minimum wage live in households that earn $60,000 a year, if that is slave labor.....well your idea of slavery is a joke.

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