Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
Ok. So you want to use the skill argument.

We can probably agree stocking shelves at Walmart and cashiering at McDonalds requires little skill, and is a job that hasn't changed much in recent history. Put this box on that shelf/take customers money and give correct change.

So if the job remains the same, why have we raised minimum wage at all since the 30s? Should minimum wage workers still make 30 cents an hour for doing the same task they did 80 years ago?
Those arguments are not interlinked with each other. The minimum wage is what it is and Walmart compensates their employees based around those perimeters. If the minimum wage became $50/hr tomorrow, then everyone else would start making $150/hr and the cost of a gallon of milk would go up to $35, accomplishing nothing.

So, separate the minimum wage debate from what employers actually pay their employees. Then understand that skill decides your salary, regardless of what the minimum wage is.

If i create a company selling post it note greeting cards and it becomes a multi billion dollar industry, i should still be able to pay people a fair wage for their ability to sign a post it note, regardless of what my profit margin is. Business owners reap the benefits of profit margins.... not burger flippers or shelf fillers.