if you've traveled through Missouri, Arkansas, Texas or Missouri to Kansas, to Colorado, Utah, California, AZ, Albuquerque, Amarillo, Oklahoma, you'd see a lot of "Help Wanted" signs along the roads and highways. Fundamentally, US economic engine is humming along (it seems there're more jobs than people out there).
"Help Wanted" Signs
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And if you walk down a city block in any American Urban area, you'd see the same thing. EVERY BUSINESS YOU WALK PAST ON THE STREET HAS A HELP WANTED SIGN ON IT! So what is your point?
Yep.
Overnight if you'd pay RedDuke $20/hour, he might work for you as a butler, no he wouldn't scratch an itch on certain part of your body (written in his contract). Though he sounded like a union type of guy, so his service could be expensive, he might ask for $100/hour with healthcare, pension, and 4 week paid vacation.
Human labor is the only commodity that hasn't went up in value in the last 30 years. When there is a shortage, prices rise. Capitalism 101. Pay more money and you will see those signs come down.
Says something about the minimum wage level, doesn't it? I know that's not what you had in mind when you brought the subject up, but it's worth looking at.
it says that if you get paid more to not work, you won’t work.
it actually says nothing about the minimum wage.
Yeah, sorry. Didn't quite catch the context while whizzing through threads with my hammer looking for nails. My mistake.