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The Cruel Myth of the Gateway Job
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<blockquote data-quote="Ishraqiyun" data-source="post: 64887047" data-attributes="member: 280646"><p>Minimum wage jobs tend to be subsidized by the state. They take up the extra slack allowing the low wage person to survive and feed their family. If conservatives want to cut back on safety net programs to eliminate debt the most obvious way to do that is to phase in a minimum wage increase over time with goal of eventually making such workers self supporting. It's true if you instantly put in place a massive increase it might harm the economy but it has been shown time and time again that moderate increases really don't cause significant harm at all. I even witnessed many of the conservative "experts" admit to this when such discussions come up on TV and radio.</p><p></p><p> If the minimum wage was a living wage the fact that they often tend to be dead end jobs in terms of advancement also wouldn't be as big of a deal. The workers can get by and therefore don't need to find some hard to obtain advancement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ishraqiyun, post: 64887047, member: 280646"] Minimum wage jobs tend to be subsidized by the state. They take up the extra slack allowing the low wage person to survive and feed their family. If conservatives want to cut back on safety net programs to eliminate debt the most obvious way to do that is to phase in a minimum wage increase over time with goal of eventually making such workers self supporting. It's true if you instantly put in place a massive increase it might harm the economy but it has been shown time and time again that moderate increases really don't cause significant harm at all. I even witnessed many of the conservative "experts" admit to this when such discussions come up on TV and radio. If the minimum wage was a living wage the fact that they often tend to be dead end jobs in terms of advancement also wouldn't be as big of a deal. The workers can get by and therefore don't need to find some hard to obtain advancement. [/QUOTE]
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