If the U.S. doesn't up the minimum wage soon then the wage earners will be really, super-duper pissed off.
Astonishingly enough there are millions of U.S. Citizens that prefer abject poverty to 'demeaning' employment.
That sounds like the spiel put out by politicians.
If higher minimum wages result in higher unemployment, it might not be the best strategy.
That sounds like the spiel put out by people who have wages exceeding minimum wage.
If you ask me, arguments over minimum wage nearly miss the point entirely. The problem is deep in the core of every system, it's social, psychological, generational, cumulative, global.
There's no easy answer to our problems. Mostly once someone secures a position of 'adequate luxury' these problems tend to fall by the wayside or shift towards conservatism. It's human nature. If your position is secure any change which is perceived to have even a remote chance of destabilizing it is dubious.
Me myself, I'm an idealist. I prefer to think about radical shifts, setting things up which will be better for those alive long after I'm gone. Even if these ideas are difficult to implement, never see the light of day, are ultimately futile. We have the technology to overhaul everything for the better but it remains to be seen if we have the capacity as humans to transcend ourselves.
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