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Matt Walsh Blog Entry

Matt Walsh says this pretty well in his column, and you should read it.  I do have something to add though.

A common complaint about minimum wage at the current level is that you can't afford to raise a family on $8 per hour.  Excuse me?  Raise a family?  If you're making $8 per hour at your job, you have no business having a family.

Poverty in this country is so much better than anywhere else in the world, but you can avoid it by doing the following things:

1. Graduate from high school before having a baby.
2. Get a job before having a baby.
3. Have a baby only after 1 and 2 above.

 I understand people lose jobs and have to do what they can, but no minimum wage job is ever designed to pay enough to raise a family.  Those jobs are for young, inexperienced, unskilled workers, and are designed to provide those workers with the experience and training needed to advance their careers by promotion or job change.  Then, and only then, can you expect to get paid a higher wage.