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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly. It's what conservatives have been saying....if you raise the minimum wage, there will be fewer jobs (or hours) to go around.

In the Seattle case, the employers cut hours. But when NYC raised the minimum to $15, the employees themselves asked their hours to be cut so they wouldn't make too much for government assistance (that they were on were before wages were raised). Apparently, they felt no stigma at all having to rely on taxpayer support, and when the opportunity came to be self-supporting, they decided they'd rather stay on the dole.

And that brings up a related topic. On another thread, liberals are complaining that WALMART pays so little that their employees get food stamps, and that the minimum should be raised. But who says the employees WANT to get off food stamps? Maybe they'd prefer to work less (for the same money) and still get food stamps, as what happened in NYC.[/quote]
Fact:  The counties with the highest [b]percentages [/b]of people on food stamps are predominantly white and Republican, for example Owsley County KY.[/quote]
Just as there are more white people on government assistance programs than minorities. However, considered as a percentage of the total...different story.

There are lies, damned lies and statistics. Bend them to your own purpose?[/quote]

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