Ron Paul: Getting Rid of the Minimum Wage Will Help Poor People

Abolishing the minimum wage "would help the poor people who need jobs. Minimum wage is a mandate. We're against mandates so why should we have it? It would be very beneficial."

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[gotitans999]

Min. wage. I could hire 5 people, now I can only afford 2. Nice job min. wage.  Morons... read about the free market.

[zyxek]

@gotitans999 So you're going to pay you're current employees 40% of what they make now? 

[Jraiser786]

Ron Paul: Business rule is better than federal rule.

[esca8652]

@GAMEREVIEWERMAN I imagine that if Germany can bring their government in more of a democracy, than we can too. In case you didn't know, 50% of all renewable energy in Germany are produced by non-governmental organizations and general citizens.

[esca8652]

@GAMEREVIEWERMAN Yeah it can have very powerful impacts on the environment, but country's like Norway or Canada drill their own oil in their *own country. It's rude to go over to countries like Iraq and Iran to bully them for oil. And Ron Paul is actually wanting to legalize industrial hemp, as well as open the doors up to solar, wind, and other renewable energy resources. The establishment will have to get over it because their game is almost up. I can feel it.....

[GAMEREVIEWERMAN]

@esca8652 I dont think ron paul is presenting this very well which is why many are ignoring him. drilling more oil is not as easy as it sounds and the environmental impacts are great. Hemp is a great ideal, but the fact that the cotton and wood industry keeps it from happening its just a dream.

[schmoborama]

@zyxek

Yep, and everyone who makes more than minimum wage will get a pay cut too, as the lower pay pulls down everything above it.

[esca8652]

@dbistrumalot I tried to apply at this one place and the owner told me that it would cost some $250 just to hire me. Just stupid regulations. Don't let this one thing turn you off from Ron Paul. Ron Paul believes in free-markets, liberty, and sound money. He's the only candidate that can save this country.

[esca8652]

@dbistrumalot You should also keep in mind that Ron Paul said it would help the economy (and of course lower the unemployment rate). Yeah it would help a lot. I'm sure there's plenty of businesses right now that are a dollar or two short of having enough money to pay an extra worker, but because it HAS to be $7.25 an hour, they can't do it. There's also crazy fees that go into hiring another worker that aren't even necessary.

[esca8652]

@GAMEREVIEWERMAN You are missing some variables. You wouldn't have to work 60 hours a week. Not many people are going to work for $3 an hour anyways. Prices on many things would drop.You would see the dollar being able to buy more and more. This is much due to a decrease in inflation,which acts as a tax in itself.Being able to drill oil in America more easily,prices on oil would drop even more.We can as well start growing hemp in this country.That would help lower prices on food

[esca8652]

@dbistrumalot I was saying that millions of jobs would be created with the combined efforts that Ron Paul would make to help free the free-market and lower taxes. We don't need the Federal government to babysit us on every little thing. If you want to work for less than minimum wage, you should be able to, if you don't, then don't do it! It's not that far out. We don't need a FEDERAL minimum wage. MW in Georgia is $5.50, but you can't work for that since it isn't equal to Federal.

[dbistrumalot]

@esca8652 Millions of jobs at less than minimum wage????? Who does that help??????