re: #235 Pie-onist Overlord

There are two contradictory wingnut talking points on minimum wage:

IF WE RAISE TEH MINIMUM WAGE TEH PRICE OF EVERYTHING WILL GO WAY WAY UP!!!!!!

ONLY A VERY TINY PERCENTAGE OF TEENAGERS WORKING AFTER SCHOOL & IN SUMMERTIME EARN TEH MINIMUM WAGE!!!!!!

The first talking point deals with the idea that if you raise the “floor,” then everybody up the line will have to get a pay raise to keep things “fair,” such that the company will have no choice but to raise the cost of its products to keep the same level of profits. Thing is, wages have been stagnant or even fallen for decades now, but the price of things keeps rising. There’s more built into the cost of that hamburger and the bulk of it is not the pay going to the kid at the grill.