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 <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> 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
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