Re: MSNBC (Oberg) - Deadly space lessons go unheeded

From: Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal_at_org.trash)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:56:50 GMT

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:06:53 GMT, in a place far, far away, LooseChanj
<LooseChanj@aol.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

>On or about Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:25:35 GMT, Jim Oberg <jameseoberg@houston.rr.com> made the sensational claim that:
>> So if a person's labor is only commercially valued at (or below)
>> the 'minimum wage', what's the solution -- take some of my money
>> and give it to them?
>
>Well, yeah. Isn't that the *point* of a minimum wage? Putting a bottom line
>on the value of labor so commercial interests can't devalue it beyond a certain
>point?

It's simply shifting the welfare burden from the taxpayer to the
employer (and those who purchase his goods or services).

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