I think it’s assinine to allow wages to be suppressed to just a couple dollars a day with millions of illegals flowing in to work under the table, and then parade around a minimum wage act that inherently can’t reach under the table.
But still... why pile insanity on top of insanity. If there’s going to be a minimum wage, it should apply to Samoa, where “Americans” get paid less than $1 a day.
Here in Pennsylvania, the state just passed a minimum wage increase bill because the federal minimum wage had become meaningless. Few businesses were actually paying wages that low. For one reason, state and local taxes are so damn high, businesses have to pay more and charge more just so their employees can break even. One of my daughters who is working in Idaho has about a 20% higher take-home than her sister who is working locally even though their hourly wage before taxes is almost identical.
This is why we were established as a Federal Republic, not a top-down managed People's Democracy-- so that states could deal with things as they best fit them.
I'm not familiar with America Samoa, but it is entirely possible that the cost of living is a lot less there and a one-size-fits-all federal minimum wage may not be appropriate.
Their current minimum wage varies in the range of $2.68 ti $4.09 and hour depending on job type. Where did you come up with $1 a day?
If the people there want to set their own minimum wages, let them do so. The federal government should stay out of it because all they are going to do is destroy their economy.
I agree with you, and I think if we do another amnesty, we will continue to have two econmies, one with many benefits and guarantees and another with none.