Somebody thinks I was cold hearted in my minimum wage post . . . I think he completely misunderstood my point and needs to read it again while forgetting about dollar signs. He seems to think money is the answer to problems . . . How many times have you thought that “money doesn’t solve” problems, but in reality, you act and think like it does?
I do it all the time. Do I really believe it? I do more each day. But if any of us really believe that money doesn’t solve problems, how can money then be the cause of any problem? He says that minimum wage doesn’t keep up with the cost of living in this country and that it’s “a problem.” Is money (a minimum wage increase) the real answer? Is money going to solve the problem?
. . . more to come.
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There is nothing that pisses me off than when people misreading my blog posts and then write a bogus comment. It happens so frequently that I wrote a post about how to listen to what other people are saying:
http://www.chrisknudsen.biz/270/listening-to-what-we-read/
Russ,
Good comments, I think it might help to get to the root if you discussed the purpose of minimum wage. When we understand the “why” of a situation, the “what” and “how” come a lot easier. That’s a lesson courtesy of Boyd K. Packer and David A. Bednar.
Good post, I’m looking forward to more thoughtful insights from you on this.
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