We can go on talking and talking about the unintended consequences of raising the minimum wage, the inapprorpriateness of such government involvement in the private sector and the simple facts that most people make more than the minimum wage and most of the people who make the minimum are not poor, but it will continue to fall on deaf ears. I suspect it's because many of the people who champion the minimum wage believe as this guy does:
"It's something that's time has come," said state Sen. Frank Mrvan, D-Hammond. "The economy is doing relatively well, and it's time to share it with the workers."
Wealth, you see, is not created by by people who think they've found a need or a niche and respond by risking their time, effort and capital. There is just this big magic pot of money, and as it fills up, the money just needs to be passed around. No many how thinly we slice the pies, there will always be people around to make sure the pies keep coming.
