Why raise the minimum wage when you can hire illegal immigrants who are happy with it?
The big issue in the minimum wage debate seems to be a question about where the money is going to come from to pay an additional $2.10 per hour to minimum wage earners. Basically, from a where-does-the-money-come-from perspective, there are only three types of businesses:
1. Entrepreneurships – the money comes from the owner(s) or increased prices to consumers for products and services, so either the owner or the consumer pays. If the owner pays, he takes a cut in pay. If the owner makes the consumer pay, the owner's competitors could keep their prices low and put the owner out of business—unless the owner is smart enough to come up with innovations consumers will buy.
2. Corporations – the money comes from investors or increased prices to consumers for products and services, so either the investor or the consumer pays. If corporate management makes investors pay by lowering stock earnings from, then stockholders might pull their money out of the business and run—putting the corporation at risk of going out of business. If corporate management makes the consumer pay, competitors could keep their prices low and put the corporation out of business, unless management is smart enough to come up with innovations consumers will buy. Or, highly paid management could take a cut in pay.
3. Non-profit organizations – the money comes from benefactors and contributors. If management asks the benefactors and contributors for more, they may stop contributing and put the organization out of business. Their consumers are often minimum-wage earners who go to those organizations because they can't afford to pay for services. Or, highly paid non-profit executives could take a cut in pay.
Then there's government – the money comes from taxpayers. If Congress asks taxpayers to pay more to fund their salary increase, we do. It's not really a request; it's automatic—the money is taken from us. No one gives us a ballot that says:
"Check here to have your tax increase directed to minimum wage earners" or
"Check here to have your tax increase directed to the salaries of members of Congress who already get paid more than 15% times the amount minimum wage earners get paid."
Perhaps there is a long term strategy, though. Could it be that by continually raising taxes and reducing salaries, benefits and lucrative job opportunities for American citizens, we might eventually become happy to work for a fixed, minimum wage? What's so good about that? It could solve the illegal immigration problem! American citizens could force illegal immigrants of our job market! That would be good because illegal immigrants don't pay taxes that Congressional members' can add to their salaries—so Congress can finally begin to take as much in salary as entrepreneurs and top-level managers at corporations and non-profit organizations without having to produce anything, compete in the economic market or innovate!
It 's always good to look at the big picture.
1. Entrepreneurships – the money comes from the owner(s) or increased prices to consumers for products and services, so either the owner or the consumer pays. If the owner pays, he takes a cut in pay. If the owner makes the consumer pay, the owner's competitors could keep their prices low and put the owner out of business—unless the owner is smart enough to come up with innovations consumers will buy.
2. Corporations – the money comes from investors or increased prices to consumers for products and services, so either the investor or the consumer pays. If corporate management makes investors pay by lowering stock earnings from, then stockholders might pull their money out of the business and run—putting the corporation at risk of going out of business. If corporate management makes the consumer pay, competitors could keep their prices low and put the corporation out of business, unless management is smart enough to come up with innovations consumers will buy. Or, highly paid management could take a cut in pay.
3. Non-profit organizations – the money comes from benefactors and contributors. If management asks the benefactors and contributors for more, they may stop contributing and put the organization out of business. Their consumers are often minimum-wage earners who go to those organizations because they can't afford to pay for services. Or, highly paid non-profit executives could take a cut in pay.
Then there's government – the money comes from taxpayers. If Congress asks taxpayers to pay more to fund their salary increase, we do. It's not really a request; it's automatic—the money is taken from us. No one gives us a ballot that says:
"Check here to have your tax increase directed to minimum wage earners" or
"Check here to have your tax increase directed to the salaries of members of Congress who already get paid more than 15% times the amount minimum wage earners get paid."
Perhaps there is a long term strategy, though. Could it be that by continually raising taxes and reducing salaries, benefits and lucrative job opportunities for American citizens, we might eventually become happy to work for a fixed, minimum wage? What's so good about that? It could solve the illegal immigration problem! American citizens could force illegal immigrants of our job market! That would be good because illegal immigrants don't pay taxes that Congressional members' can add to their salaries—so Congress can finally begin to take as much in salary as entrepreneurs and top-level managers at corporations and non-profit organizations without having to produce anything, compete in the economic market or innovate!
It 's always good to look at the big picture.
