Re: “Facts about the minimum wage,” Nov. 18 letter to the editor.
Letter-writer Bill Goodrich writes that “according to economics, reducing their workforce is employers’ least likely immediate response to an increase in costs due to a higher minimum wage.”
As someone who has worked for small business owners most of my adult life and currently owns a small business, I can attest to the fact that keeping strict control of labor and other costs is paramount to a small business being successful. The market should set labor rates, not the government. If a prospective employee doesn’t like the wage offer, refuse the job.
And if the minimum wage was supposed to be a “living wage,” as Goodrich says, why stop at $12.50 or even $15 per hour? Letap be benevolent — how about $25 or even $50?
David Oyler, New Castle
This letter was published in the Nov. 22 edition.
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