Editor:

This letter is in response to Ted Dubasik's column ("Look before jumping into wage"), regarding the raising of minimum wage, that appeared in the Wildcat on April 12. Ted has a lot of very good points, and I completely and totally agree with Mr. Dubasik's views on this issue. In fact, I can't even begin to understand the logic of the supporters of this issue. The only people that I can see supporting this proposed raise are a bunch of greedy workers wanting more money for doing the exact same thing, even if it means a large percentage of minimum wage co-workers will lose their jobs. One of the very basic and fundamental principles of economics is the relationship of supply and demand. In a nutshell, it can be applied to this issue by showing that as the government forces an increase in wages, demand for jobs by the employer will decrease. This will create a surplus of workers who don't have jobs, because companies can't afford to pay the new governmentally regulated wage increase. So, as stated by the supporters of this raise, there will be a few people who will benefit from this increase, but they will be a very select few. Before we give a raise to the guy who already has a job, let's give a job to the guy who doesn't have one at all; and then we'll worry about the raises. So if this issue does get on the ballot, before you vote, think about this question: "Does the United States need a larger jobless population?" Obviously not. Let's fight the job problems we have and not do ourselves harm by supporting this raise in minimum wage and creating more problems.

Edwin H. Grant IV
finance sophomore