Re: Some oomph in that poof
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Well, almost the whole of Europe has minimum wage legislated. The United Kingdom had its national MW passed in 1999 and the British economy is not doing too badly. Neither is the whole of Europe, come to think of it.
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Exactly. Each and every time a European country proposed introducing a minimum wage the right and particularly business owners happy to exploit working class families yelled that it would seriously damage the economy. What it actually damages is their ability to exploit people who have no choice other than take whatever job they can.
Each time the scare stories have utterly failed to happen, and on top of that the lowest paid working class has had the chance for a slightly better standard of living. The advantages to this are many, not least of which that people are more able to fend for themselves and are less likely to fall back on state support. They are happier and healthier and hence need healthcare support less often. The are better positioned to provide for their children the benefits of which should be entirely obvious.
There has been no disaster from the introduction of reasonable minimum working wages in Europe, despite the big business owners propaganda stating otherwise. We're not talking about giving workers $15 an hour here, just a reasonable lowest level working wage!
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