jwrevagent wrote:
Not only an authorization line, but an expiration date, which would force them to review the law to determine if it is still needed. We have so many antiquated and contradictory laws on the books now, that no matter what you are doing, you are probably breaking some rule or law from way back when. A friend was exonerated from a traffic citation because the law in that county still said that no male officer could arrest a female-why, I have no idea, but that was changed post haste after that little gem got into the newspapers. She fought it because her DL was on the line-she was a speeder- It will never happen, though, because Congress is only interested in restraining US, not themselves. I still cannot figure out how and why we ever considered a "minimum wage" law in this country to be a good thing. Was it when we had child labor and horrible working conditions and unions fought for it? I cannot seem to find much about the origins. Just on general principles I think government should get out of the business of setting wages for anyone other than their employees or armed services.
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There are many things that at one time were a good idea and have since been twisted or morphed into a perversion of the original idea. The minimum wage does provide a base, a good idea when there isn't much competition for the workers. If you look at where job openings seem to be greater than the number of applicants, you'll find that the companies are offering more than the minimum wage to get their employees. In areas where the number of applicants is greater than the number of jobs, the minimum wage provides a bottom to the wage scale.