A Lesson to Be Learned...

...if only one would take heed.

It must have been in Las Vegas where I read a column--I've forgotten the author, forgetfulness no longer a rarity with me--that would serve as a great teacher or, at least, teaching tool.

The columnist was trying to make a case for an increase in the minimum wage to $15.  It was a typical argument coming from the Left:  ascribe a ridiculous position to an opponent, whether it's accurate or not is irrelevant, and then call the position ridiculous, as only the arrogant elitists can do.

He made several arguments, if I recall correctly, to illustrate this.  First, since whenever he cited, worker productivity has doubled; therefore, so should wages.  What a silly non sequitur!  Have all workers' jobs doubled in productivity?  Of course they haven't, esp the low-wage, minimum-wage jobs.  Then, he equates the argument of some that there should be no minimum wage, that the free market should determine wages, to slavery.  I'm not arguing for or against a minimum wage here, but this guy is a fool.

Of course, one can't have a dialogue with people like this.  They and they alone know the absolute truths--about everything.

For the record, the call for a minimum wage to $15 or even $12 is utterly nonsensical!  That my wife runs an elementary school and doesn't make $15 an hour is all the argument I need.  The argument that one can't raise a family on the minimum wage reflects more about that person than the minimum wage law.