Quote Originally Posted by MikeyinBrooklyn View Post
...The government is not capable of guaranteeing anyone's success. But it can assure widespread failure.
If you believe that a minimum wage is helpful to the poor [[which I do not), it seems indexing to the cost of local needs like food and shelter would be pretty important. I'm not sure, Bham, how it makes any sense to fund someone, but no do it well -- or adjusted to local conditions.

That said, MW is a miserable mistake that harms to the poor.