From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Sun Apr 06 2003 - 18:12:11 MDT
In a message dated 4/6/2003 6:49:35 PM Central Standard Time,
rafal@smigrodzki.org writes: changing it in favor of flat-tax supported wage
subsidies is likely to be a more effective way of providing help.
Rafal,
A better way to go would be to encourage manufacturing to locate
operations within the US. In 1951I was a High School drop out and I took a
job in a neighborhood machine shop. By the time I was 18 (18 months later) I
was making enough to support a stay at home wife had that been on my agenda.
By my 18th birthday I was looking for a better job for two reasons:
1. The jobs were readily available.
2. As I had turned 18 I was an extremely eligible candidate.
At the time I don't believe we had a minimum wage -- if so my wages
were high enough they weren't a factor.
Beginning sometime in the 60s our country has passed one law after
another making making manufacturing operations within the US less and less
attractive. I say reverse that trend and forget the minimum wage and
unemployment insurance. Those two will no longer be a factor.
Ron h.
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