[Willie Green]

It's a sensible compromise between those kooks who seek to impose a MAXIMUM wage, and the weenies who salivate at the prospect becoming slavemasters.
Which category do you fall into?

[Protagoras]

It's a sensible compromise between those kooks who seek to impose a MAXIMUM wage, and the weenies who salivate at the prospect becoming slavemasters. Which category do you fall into?

Pathetic.

Not to mention it illustrates that you think it's legitimate for government to be in control of such things.

[Poohbah]

The minimum wage, perversely enough, does serve as a maximum wage: namely, it sets a maximum wage of $0.00 per hour for those whose labor cannot generate profit at a wage of $5.15 an hour.

[Texaggie79]

Slavemasters? How so? You are free to work for whoever you choose, not only that, but be your own boss (the wisest choice).

You seem to hold the liberal ideal that jobs are a limited resource, therefore, the more jobs company A has available, the less jobs company B can offer.

[anguish]

I just have to mention that not even Sweden, after half a century with socialists at the wheel, has fallen into the "minimal wage" trap. In other words - it really is a no-brainer: If you don't set the wage high enough, nobody will work for you. Set it high and you will attract qualified labour.