Arguments for abolishing minimum wages 12 Articles

by Raymond Kennedy

There are plenty of arguments for abolishing the minimum wage. You will read about plenty of people stating that a minimum wage means that there will be fewer jobs available. There are plenty of social/moral justice argume...read more

by Shaun Connell

I just received a raise. Before you congratulate me, let me say that I didn't want it. At least not the way I received it. The state of Arkansas just increased the minimum wage by about a dollar. The reasoning was to e...read more

by Danny Sol

The whole basis of a minimum wage is to get money into the peoples' pockets while executing the basic jobs (without skill most times) the respective companies need. Though what do you do when a person has some skill (thank...read more

by Peabody Snickersbee

Proposals to abolish the minimum wage are wrong on two grounds: moral and economic. The more important ground the moral - is easiest dealt with as it is immoral by any standard to equate a human being with an inanimat...read more

by Michele Davis

As difficult as this may sound to many people, raising the minimum wage will not achieve the goal of increasing purchasing power for anyone, including the people working for minimum wage. As many other people have commente...read more

by nonya business

What would you substitute for the minimum wage? You can't just cut out one program without something else in mind to replace it. And what do you think would happen if there was no minimum wage? Anything good? No! What good...read more

by Paul E. Zimmerman

My argument against the setting of minimum wages by governments is simple: minimum wages destroy opportunity for both individuals and businesses by pricing some labor out of the market. I speak from experience as the owner...read more

by John Knight II

"Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse." Ralph Waldo Emerson Imagine a world where there are no negative consequences for well-intended actions. Any and all plans put forth...read more

by J.R. Mclain

Minimum Wage Increase: Good Deed or Bad Policy? America began as a place to escape religious persecution. It is still such a place; however, America is now better known for being the land of opportunity. Millions upon mil...read more

by Tim Knight

The grand experiment of free markets continue. Although we are still bound by many federal and state restrictions, the United States economy greatly benefits from a mostly free market based economy. However, we are startin...read more

by Sukrit Sabhlok

Imagine you are an entrepreneur. As a businessperson, would you start a venture where you were forced to pay workers $100 an hour, a rate which is well beyond what you could earn from them? No, you wouldn't open a new ente...read more

by R.A.L

It would most definitely not be in the best interest of the people if minimum wage were to be abolished. There are several factors that need to be taken into consideration. Different job/career fields would and have ob...read more