The minimum wage increases teenage and minority unemployment

Also this video talks about C1 and 2 http://www.youtube.com...Before refuting your arguments I will show my own. Also you broke the acceptance only rule. C1: It increases teenage unemployment. Notice the minimum wage goes up, and the unemploymet does too. Let me explain this better, to an employer a job is worth a certian amount, lets say 5$ an hour. So cleaning the restrooms benifits e employer 5$ an hour, but he has to hire someone for 8$ an hour. So he is losing 3$ an hour if he hires soeone, therefor he wont hire anyone because he is losing money. And on average teenagers skillsaren't worth 8$ an hour, and hiring them would be charity, which is good, but most employers aren't in a financial position to do so. C2: It incrases minority unempoymentIt is explained in the video above. Also most minorities, aloneg with the teenagers, are not well educated. ANd on average minority skills arent worth 8$ an hour, therefore wont get hired. (not rasict I am a minority)C3: Increases overall unemployment Economists have studied the job-destroying features of a higher minimum wage. Estimates of the job losses of raising the minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.15 have ranged from 625,000 to 100,000 lost jobs. It is important to recognize that the jobs lost are mainly entry-level jobs. By destroying entry-level jobs, a higher minimum wage harms the lifetime earnings prospects of low-skilled workers. [1]So the raise in the was cost thouthands of jobs. Increasing unemployment. The vast majority of economists believe the minimum wage law costs the economy thousands of jobs. The most fundamental principle of economics is 'supply and demand'. In the case of labor, this means that the supply of workers goes up as wage goes up, and the demand for workers by employers goes down as the wage goes up. For example, imagine a janitorial job was advertised for hire. If the wage is $100 per hour, thousands of people would want the job. If the wage was $1 per hour, you probably wouldn't find anyone to do it. Conversely, if the government forced the employer to pay at least $7 per hour, the employer might decide not to hire a janitor at all, instead opting to have other staff pick up the duties. Thus, a job would be lost because of the minimum wage. Another example is restaurant employment. A manager might have $10,000 in her monthly budget to hire bus persons. If the wage is set at $7 per hour, the manager may only be able to hire 10 bus people instead of 15. Setting a mandated wage limit disrupts market forces of supply and demand. Just because there is no minimum wage doesn't mean companies can pay whatever they want. Would you work a dishwashing job that paid 25 cents per hour? Would anyone? If they raised the wage to $4 per hour, they might be able to hire a high school student. Consider some highly skilled jobs such as accountant, lawyer, and engineer. Do these people make $5.15 an hour? Obviously, the answer is no. Market factors of supply and demand determine how many jobs are available and what each job would pay. In summary, as the minimum wage goes up, the number of people employed goes down. When the minimum wage goes down, the number of people employed goes up. Keep in mind: the minimum wage only applies if someone is employed. [2]Same thing. C4: The minimum wage out sources jobs When you force American companies to pay a certain wage, you increase the likelihood that those companies will outsource jobs to foreign workers, where labor is much cheaper. There has been a lot of attention lately on the subject of job "outsourcing", where U.S. companies hire foreign workers instead of Americans. When businesses outsource American jobs, they're not doing it because they hate America; they're doing it because they're trying to cut costs. When you increase the price of labor in America, you create an additional incentive for businesses to hire Canadian, Mexican, or other foreign workers. The best way to stop outsourcing of jobs is to provide the best conditions for doing business in America. A minimum wage just makes things tougher for companies to do business in America. Remember that American companies may have no choice but to outsource with the high cost in the U.S.--they may go out of business entirely if they can't cut costs to a level that's competitive with foreign competitors. [2]Well that was a simple answerC5: Hurts small buisness in turn ncreasing unemployment for teens, minorities, and overall as small buissness create most of the jobs in this counryThe minimum wage can drive some small companies out of business. Many people believe businesses have endless supplies of cash and can easily withstand minimum wage increases or other cost increases. Unfortunately, that's simply not the case. Over 90 percent of businesses fold within the first few years. Every time there is a recession, thousands of businesses go under. Restaurants, which pay wages at or near the minimum wage level, have the highest rate of failure of any business type. Anytime you increase the costs of businesses, you push them closer to the edge. Let's take an example. Imagine a small neighborhood hardware store. This hardware store isn't going to have the logistics and economy of scale advantages of say, Wal-Mart; thus, it must charge more. It probably makes up the price difference with better service. When you raise the minimum wage, it increases the operating costs for that hardware store even more. Thus, it must raise it's prices to cover costs. Eventually, prices get so high that customers conclude that shopping there isn't worth the additional cost. Slowly, the local hardware store is driven out of business.Rebuttals"So my first point then. What we see in society is that people actually need to fight to get a job which means those that want a job realise the importance things like good qualifications and gaining experience."We agree, but how are those people going to get jobs if the minimum wage increases unemployment, increases teen unemployment, hurts minority roups, and out sources jobs? Sure one could get a job, but it would er with a minimum wage. Also you make it sound like having a job is a right, false, it is a privalege, no law grants it as a right. "It also will not mean that those who are not working quite so hard at the moment will just be put off because of the competition."Well how does it make competition? If everyone is unemployed and their jobs are now in china then there is no competition in the american jobs. "The state has a duty of care towards it's citizens and it has a duty of care towards minorities and teens to make sure that the workplace is a place of equality whether that bee in terms of age, race, gender, sexual preference or disability. "You fell into my trap. There is no law that says the govermet should care for its people. In no law whatsoever. The government is not obligated to take care of its citizens, as citizens have a responsibility to take care of themselves. The government has some basic obligations to its citizens. These include protection from foreign enemies, providing justice, and maintaining certain services. It is not, however, obligated to fully take care of its citizens. Citizens are ultimately responsible for themselves. We do not live in a nanny state, and I doubt anyone would wish to do so. I am running out of space, I will add on next round. sources:http://www.house.gov... [1] http://www.balancedpolitics.org... [2]