<p>NoobTakular,
are you saying we should give up quality life for the economy? I understand it hurts the working people and employers, however, how bout those who are hired. If the employer now says," alright people, now I am gonna hire people for a buck an hour...so everyone who makes more than that, go away and get another job."
Cmon..why do you think american companies are expanding their companies overseas into China, India, etc. It is because there is such a cheap labor and they can pay as little as possible for the goods. However, lets look at the workers. They live Shtty lives. If you want America to lose minimum wage, the only thing that serves to protect the working class from being exploited, then we will become a nation of sweatshops and people living in slums.
P.S: America by the way isnt the cheapest place to live in the world. If we lose minimum wage, people will become homeless and become so depended on the government, all our tax money will be there paying for their neccessities, which in turn, will lower our spending for money, research, THE WAR, etc,</p>