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From: ags@pucc-i (Seaman)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Unemployment & the minimum wage
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Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 11:24:42 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  8 11:24:42 1984
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>  One writer suggested that black teenagers would be better served
>  if they could bid for jobs at $2.50/hour.  Well, why not $2?  
>  why not $1.50?  why not 25 cents a day?  Jobs that don't pay a
>  living wage aren't worth having.

It is nice of you to offer to decide for other people which jobs are
worth having, but don't you think some people might like to make that
choice for themselves?  How would you feel if the minimum wage were
suddenly changed to an amount substantially more than you make, with
the result that you found yourself out of a job?
-- 

Dave Seaman			My hovercraft is no longer full of 
..!pur-ee!pucc-i:ags		eels (thanks to my confused cat).