thinking highly of oneself

MININUM WAGE

The poor benighted people cannot think for themselves - they have no conscious, not even aware of their own existence. We can't trust them to be able to look out for themselves (only selfish bastards act in self interest). Two individuals do not possess all the knowledge needed to negotiate a fair wage - for that we need Washington's many florescent minds to irradiate for the dim minded. People need the protection of altruistical geniuses if there is going to be social justice. One can tell how much one cares about humanity by how high they think minimum wage should be. In a previous post I advocated for $10 an hour, but now I believe this to be to stingy (and I wish to advance my ranking among the compassionate). My new statement of self felicitation: Minimum wage should be $12.50 an hour with guaranteed health benefits. The price of everything has been going up: gas, healthcare, college tuition, corn tortillas, and raising minimum wage will help people buy more things (increasing economic output Keynes style). Walmart would have to pay more to employees which would raise their unfair prices, helping mom and pop shops, and reducing the trade deficit with China at the same time. Its a win / win situation (except for human reason).