tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post8545824460284821383..comments2024-02-20T14:00:41.771-05:00Comments on A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Questions for Minimum Wage ForumUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-29621046988475676042007-03-11T23:53:00.000-04:002007-03-11T23:53:00.000-04:00Hi Eugene!Hmmm...you might be right. Certainly I a...Hi Eugene!<BR/><BR/>Hmmm...you might be right. Certainly I agree that a narrow debate on minimum wage can be quite divisive. On the other hand, I'm not sure it is really a necessary device to forestall the "more serious debate around the need for a social wage" at this particular moment. I mean, is such a generalized debate in any danger of occurring right now? In the context of the other talons Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-78300203855203849612007-03-08T22:41:00.000-05:002007-03-08T22:41:00.000-05:00I think the minimum wage debate is the parliamenta...I think the minimum wage debate is the parliamentary political reaction to diffuse a more serious debate around the need for a social wage, thus the confrontation between precarious workers and the 'unemployed' ie. housewives. Which is why I have always tried to go beyond just increasing the minimum wage to talk about the need for a social wage which would include benefits paid for by the EUGENE PLAWIUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736971647879996375noreply@blogger.com