Does Raising the Minimum Wage Result in Outsourcing?

Some believe that raising the minimum wage will result in jobs outsourcing. In my opinion, the great majority of minimum wage jobs require an on-site presence; additionally, minimum wage jobs are reserved for the inexperienced, uneducated, untrained, part-time, and unhireable worker.


Coding, programming, help desk, and operator support jobs are rarely minimum wage. The real question is, will raising the minimum wage result in a black market underground workforce of undocumented and under-the-table workers? What raising the minimum wage will do is put lots of small business out of business; or, almost as bad, put small business growth into remission.

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