> Larry wrote: > Unfortunately its only one promising study from one location, and so > suffers from the faults of any case study.
There is no study that disproves human nature. In this case we're referencing the following qualities: 1.) Desire to learn. 2.) Desire to change. 3.) Profit motive. 4.) Ability to overcome adversity. Obviously some people have a strong capacity for all of these qualities while others have little. The latter case is probably where most minimum wage earners fall. Unfortunately not all people have the personality qualities necessary overcome the adversity they'll need to escape minimum wage. So what is more moral policy? To increase the size of the trap, or to throw people a lifeline to escape? Put another way, leaving the minimum wage unchanged would force people to cross their personal threshold of points 1-4; providing them the infrastructure to get out would complete the fix. Increasing the MW, however, just increases the trap. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175698 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
