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It wouldn't double the price of produce. I agree in market principles but they can't be skewed with illegal activities.
It's only illegal BECAUSE you (and many other people) don't actually agree with market principles. You want to shield wages from market forces.
Look, I'm all for helping the poor. If we as a society believe that people earning less than $7.25 per hour aren't making enough to have a decent standard of living, then we as a society should pay taxes and support the anti-poverty programs to raise their standard of living. What we should NOT do is stick their would-be employer with the cost of supporting them; all that does is distort the market, increase unemployment, and increase prices for consumers.
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