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[b]I disagree that the miminum wage is or was intended to be a living wage,[/b] in no small part because if you START employees performing low (or no) skill work at $15/hour, where do you go from there?  How much do you have to pay the mediocre sandwich wrapper/receptionist/whatever who has managed to keep a job by the skin of his teeth for 15 years?  And, as others have said, what would you require employers to do about low skill workers with big expenses (lots of kids, etc) or who want a "good" living?  What is the incentive to improve and get into other, better jobs if we set every requirement for how employers manage their businesses?  And I can't even imagine how many posters advocating for a living wage would feel about paid maternity leave, paid sick leave, paid nursing breaks, etc.  Where does it end?[/quote]

This is not actually an opinion question. This is a question of fact. The purpose of the minimum wage, according to the text of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, is to "eliminate" "labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers".

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/202[/quote]

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