[Eric-325I]

I will be visiting with Feingold tomorrow morning at a listening session he is holding for our county. I plan to ask him specifically what the Dems plans are regarding: Iraq, the Economy (specifically high taxes and the growth of government), and Illegal Immigration. It will be interesting to hear his responses.

Regarding minimum wage: Super, you just don't seem to grasp the micro or the macro economics of this issue. No one is arguing that child labor, non-payment of overtime, etc is wrong. The fact remains, as stated, that increasing the minimum wage does not do what many expect it to. In fact, it does the opposite. Most employers with low wage employees are already trying to negotiate slim profit margins. Forcing them to pay more than THE MARKET demands for like labor almost always results in either fewer employees, more employees with less paid hours, cuts in bennies or... You get the idea.

How do I know this? Education, research, and first hand experience.

Throughout history, the communities that have thrived and survived are ones that have had the minimum government controls on business's. The other extreme is Communism (failed how often now?) and welfare states (Europe and it's high crime, massive unemployment and outsourced jobs that make our situation look like peanuts).

Eric