New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour
One of my fantasies is becoming elected president and creating a constitutional amendment against minimum wage.<p>It is truly one of the most egregious and inhuman concoctions of modern collectivism.<p>No government or king should have that kind of power over its people. You are dictating by fiat that there not be any jobs below a certain price&#x2F;threshold.<p>You are de-facto sentencing all the people below a certain IQ, skill, competence, age, experience etc to be permanently subjugated to government handouts or destitution.<p>You are eliminating the concept of teenage labor and apprenticeships (almost) entirely. Why would I hire an inexperienced guy for a job if I have to pay him the same as a normal guy.<p>Same goes for kids, why would I hire kids? This is used to be a crucial pillar of society.  Not because the evil capitalist bakery could exploit kids or because they kids need the money. Its a crucial integration point.<p>The idea that you completely shield kids from society until after college is a crime against humanity.<p>Do you have any idea how important it is to be given responsibility, work hard and enjoy the fruits of your own labour at a very young age. Even I can&#x27;t fully grasp the consequences of depriving this from our kids.<p>This is just the beginning what about low iq people? I mean people that have IQs so low that they can&#x27;t even pass the military test. Something like 5% of the population falls in this category. Should the be deprived of what ever dignity they have left and live the remainder of the lives as a federal benefactor. Same goes for a huge chunk of disabled people..<p>There are so many other examples I haven&#x27;t even though of yet and thats exactly the problem with you collectivists. You guys think you have it all figured out and you can easily restructure the millennia old experiment of civilisation itself from the top down.