People Must Be Educated

There's just no logical way to argue Michael Medved's point today (http://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/2b572ec8-2f34-4bb8-8fc9-ba31391adf50) that the minimum wage is bad policy, not to mention the demagoguery used to promote it. None. Like I said recently, it is to the Democratic Party (this affects 2% of the population) what flag-burning is to the republicans (a few hundred people have burned the flag).

I'm all for states putting the issue up for referendum. More power to 'em. The people speak, and at the state level, that's federalism. That's good. That’s the way everything not explicitly described in the Constitution should be handled (damn Welfare Clause!) The same can be said for those in congress who vote for it when, as Medved cites, more than 80% of the public is for it. Both instances are government intrusion into the private sector.

The problem is the fact that people are actually for it. If a person understands that it does indeed contribute to unemployment, especially the teen and minority demographic, but he/she still wants it, fine. If he/she can live with that trade-off, so be it.