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Originally Posted by stekim";p="
Because it will not do any good. By and large, increasing the minimum wage does not really help the people it is designed to help. In fact, the net effect is usually negative.
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It is unfortunate. But we'd probably do better to try to control prices, especially prices for those things that are necessities. In order for increased wages to help, only the lowest wages would have to increase. But when minimum wage goes up, so typically do other wages. Wage is not just a number. It is the ability to get needed things and is dependent on other variables.