Increasing the minimum wage forces businesses to find cheaper alternatives, which puts people out of work. When the first US minimum wage law was enacted, 100,000 people lost their jobs. 
In other words, by pushing for a minimum wage hike, liberals are cutting their own throats. 
Michael Weldon

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Robots will work for free

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