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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
You are historically correct. I was (and still am) a Conservative Party member at the time and disagreed with their objection. Their logic was sound in regard to the knock-on effect on profits/prices, but their notion of not setting the manpower exploitation bar higher was wrong.
That said, the minimum wage must not destroy jobs. It's a very delicate balance. My reading is that the benefits system tops people up in certain circumstances. People aren't exactly turning down minimum wage jobs as far as I can tell.
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Funnily enough I did have objections to a minimum wage, whilst for many it would set their pay higher for many more it became their wage for years, when the Eastern Europeans arrived all the jobs that paid a quid or two above the minimum disappeared to be replaced by a standard barest minimum wage, it's why I supported Ukip for years, campaigned for them and hated the way British workers were treated and its why brexit for me happening when it did was quite tragic, after all those years the Eastern Europeans weren't prepared to live six to a house, didn't want to do 70 hours a week for the barest minimum and things were changing, in my experience anyway!