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February 22, 2015

The Minimum Wage And Beefcake [CBD]

Mike Rowe is a very interesting guy, of indeterminate political beliefs, who seems to think that job creation is a pretty big deal. He has a foundation that works to close the "skills gap," and a recent column he wrote on its website, called "Profoundly Disconnected, is a good read. In Off The Wall: Minimum Wage he talks about his own experience in a minimum wage job, and why a high minimum wage might not be an unalloyed good thing. Obviously he won't get an argument from any reader of AoSHQ, but it's a pleasant, calm, non-political discussion.

From the business owners I've talked to, it seems clear that companies are responding to rising labor costs by embracing automation faster than ever. That's eliminating thousands of low-paying, unskilled, entry level positions. What will that mean for those people trying to get started in the workforce? My job as an usher was the first rung on a long ladder of work that lead me to where I am today. But what if that rung wasn't there? If the minimum wage in 1979 had been suddenly raised from $2.90 to $10 an hour, thousands of people would have applied for the same job. What chance would I have had, being seventeen years old with pimples and a big adams apple?

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