Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!david From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Unemployment & the minimum wage Message-ID: <263@fisher.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Aug-84 10:19:32 EDT Article-I.D.: fisher.263 Posted: Sat Aug 11 10:19:32 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Aug-84 01:15:50 EDT References: <1665@inmet.UUCP> <34@ssc-vax.UUCP> <255@fisher.UUCP> <392@pucc-i> Organization: Princeton Univ. Statistics Lines: 15 >> So you can't own a car. So you can't go to the doctor. So if you get >> sick you starve. Other than that, $2.50/hr does sound like good money, >> doesn't it? >Compared to $0.00 an hour, $2.50 sounds pretty good. It also looks better >in terms of job experience. When a job opens up at $3.50 an hour, who has >the better shot at it? The guy who has been getting $2.50, or the guy who >has been getting $0.00? If no applicants can be found who have work >experience, the $3.50 job may never be filled. Job experience? I am confused. What highly skilled jobs are we talking about at this level which require experience, anyway? {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david