[Alberta's Child]

There's one more factor that is driving a lot of this: Downward price/cost pressure from customers.

Everything you hear about unemployment and stagnant wages can be summed up in one simple fact:

There is an enormous difference between what people expect to get paid for a job, and what they're willing to pay someone else to do the same job.

[Deagle]

True, I will not pay the excessive cost of quick food these days as it is no longer worth the price. Can’t imagine that raising the minimum wage to 10 dollars will change that!

I fear that the cost of early employment for the young will be beyond the capability of employers or the cost of their output will be unacceptable to those that want their products. Government can continue to destroy the job sector or they can get the hell out of it... I think that I see the direction they intend to go.