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Michael J | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Minimum wage should be negotiated between unions and employers.
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Phillip Leslie | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I might be anti union and anti minimum wage 


Have to give it a think
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Michael J | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Minimum wage laws easily get out of control.  If there is a power balance between workers and employers, workers are positioned to negotiate for a just wage.  Minimum wage laws step in when that negotiation process has failed, but that can lead the workers and employers to abdicate their negotiating power to government.