tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post113854245073490389..comments2023-10-16T15:59:02.445+01:00Comments on NEIL HARDING: The Minimum Wage and Poverty.Neil Hardinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1138585443779758662006-01-30T01:44:00.000+00:002006-01-30T01:44:00.000+00:00I have a tendency to use double negatives, it is r...I have a tendency to use double negatives, it is rather poor use of English, I know, sorry about that.<BR/><BR/>I've been re-reading some of my posts from a few months back and they are much better written. I'm losing it a bit, my latest posts have not been up to scratch, which is a shame because I'm getting over a 1000 hits a week now and when I was writing good stuff I was getting hardly any hits. Oh well!Neil Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1138583857210653272006-01-30T01:17:00.000+00:002006-01-30T01:17:00.000+00:00You're dead right, I misread:"but this does not me...You're dead right, I misread:<BR/><BR/>"but this does not mean <B>that in the absense</B> of such a citizen's income, we don't need a minimum wage in the meantime."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376621599111523024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1138573218679107862006-01-29T22:20:00.000+00:002006-01-29T22:20:00.000+00:00Thats what I said. With a citizen's income we don'...Thats what I said. With a citizen's income we don't need a minimum wage. You must of misread what I've put, unless I have just written it so badly ...Neil Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1138551635789275312006-01-29T16:20:00.000+00:002006-01-29T16:20:00.000+00:00Why would we need a minimum wage if we're offering...Why would we need a minimum wage if we're offering a citizen's income that is enough to keep people out of poverty? By allowing those wages that were initially below the minimum to fall back to their 'true' value, perhaps some of the jobs that were lost could be restored - even if only taken for a few hours instead of full-time, and <B>without</B> people being forced to take them through poverty.<BR/><BR/>We could always take a moral position and say that any wage below X is immoral and shouldn't be allowed, but I though the point of the citizen's income was to reduce the number of rules, rates, and limits that lead to the 'poverty trap'.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376621599111523024noreply@blogger.com