until then i will make 215 an hour.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their workers. Equivalently, it is the price floor below which workers may not sell their labor. Although minimum wage laws are in effect in many jurisdictions, differences of opinion exist about the benefits and drawbacks of a minimum wage. Supporters of the minimum wage say it increases the standard of living of workers, reduces poverty, reduces inequality, and boosts morale. In contrast, opponents of the minimum wage say it increases poverty, increases unemployment (particularly among unskilled or inexperienced workers) and is damaging to businesses, because excessively high minimum wages require businesses to raise the prices of their product or service to accommodate the extra expense of paying a higher wage. Modern national laws enforcing compulsory union membership which proscribed minimum wages for their members were first passed in New Zealand and Australia in the 1890s. The movement for minimum wages was first motivated as a way to stop the exploitation of workers in sweatshops, by employers who were thought to have unfair bargaining power over them. Over time, minimum wages came to be seen as a way to help lower-income families.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hi, are you a supporter of the minimum wage laws? People are arguing that it increases our standards of living, reduces poverty, inequality & boosts morale.  What do you think ?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I am still undecided about the issue. Removing minimum wages may allow for bad business practices, but minimum wages are always changing."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I know, right? But I cannot believe since 2009 the minimum wage nationwide is only 7.25 hourly.  Can anyone live on that?  No wonder we have so much income disparity."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, it is a bit low. It would be hard to live on that."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Income equality in the US has been increasing significantly since the 70s.  The rich are getting richer."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes. I think I heard the USA is in the top 10 countries with the largest income inequality."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It's interesting to measure the US with different time periods, and other countries & economies to see the actual long term effects of other economies."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, I agree. What do you think minimum wage should be?"}]