[bigjimslade]

Ok the linked article seems to be a short synopsis of a book, one which I did not read nor have intention to.

But dear Lord the article was so full of government fluff, obvious and trite blather of what has been tried and failed, over, and over, and over again.

It is nothing but why we need government to fix the very problems it created, and makes even worse with its choking regulations, legislation, and self-serving laws.

My very own grandfather broke into the roofing business around age 11, growing up in abject poverty. He didn't much care for sitting in a school house. He made a good living eventually, becoming one of the largest employers in town, a respected local businessman who would hire anyone willing to work, and give them a fair shot.

Today, though, his life would be completely unable to be lived, legally, anyway. Between the government's silly attempts at paperwork for immigration tracking, taxes, labor laws, minimum wage laws, the list goes on and on and on, it would be impossible. The barriers to entry for the poor but motivated ensure nothing more than the permanent existence of the poor.

The article is frankly disgusting in its puerile and obviously wrong insistence that what we need is more of the above.

[supreme_sublime]

It blows my mind that "low minimum wage" is listed as a reason why minorities don't earn more money. It is well known that increases in minimum wage result in higher unemployment. It is very basic supply/demand. In fact minimum wage laws were originally implemented in the south specifically to price minorities out of the market. [0]

It seems utterly nonsensical now to act as if they are some great boon to minorities and will help them rise out of their current collective predicament. The best thing for people with low skills is to allow them to enter the market to gain skills. Pricing them out of the market and legitimate employment pushes them to black markets as there is no legal way to participate in gainful employment. Which will thereby increase incarceration rates and contributes to the problem of fatherless homes, something we all know is a very undesirable outcome.

[0] https://nypost.com/2013/09/17/why-racists-love-the-minimum-w...