Steve, That single line was sarcasm. Please respond the the other 20 lines. Keith On 2016-12-12 12:22, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 12 Dec 2016 09:32:39 -0700 > Keith Smith wrote: > >> I agree with Lyle. Why not just set the minimum wage to $25/hr and >> pass a law that everything must not go up in price. Oh and pass a >> law that every business must hire more folks. That should fix things. > > Come on Keith, you're smarter than that. > > Nobody suggested anything remotely as high as a $25/hr minimum wage, > either in politics or on this list. Some people on this list suggested > that 1) Yes, there should continue to be a minimum wage, and some > implied that 2) Today's minimum wage is too low. But not $17.75/hr too > low. > > Your mention of $25/hr misrepresents your opponents' position, so it's > a classic Straw Man informal falacy: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man > > You wouldn't fall for that. Why would you assume others on the list > would? > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > December 2016 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century > http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Keith Smith --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss