Wow, this guy is crazy. How about everyone start their own business and no one will need a minimum wage. People need to be self employed.

Then how he ger get paid. you know that's all he concerned about

... plenty young single mothers will work for $250.week, off the books. No NIB, no union nonsense etc., and those who expect more will be out of a job. So you see market forces will see some unemployed, while others will have two jobs off the books!

**Two union chiefs calling for $350 minimum wage are 100% right to do so!**

It is unimaginable that anyone be expected to live on $260.00 per week and come to work properly dressed and motivated while constantly worrying about not being able to make ends meet.

Meanwhile their hoggish employers enjoy their big houses, yachts, kids in the best collages abroad, take multiple annual vacations, routinely splurge hundreds on lunch and dinners, fancy cars, have fat bank accounts, and overindulge enjoying their best life 24/7.

This is neocolonialism slave master mentality 101.

These are the same people that love to hire patronizing Asians, Haitians, and Latinos whom they treat like little stupid children.

I mean its simply economics. If you raise taxes, you have to raise wages. There is no way one can survive having more coming out of their monthly wage with it staying low as everything else rises. We do not have tax returns and if they continue to keep taxing for some it would be smarter to simply not work. Then the economy will simply collapse.

you need to continue with your economics though... if you raise taxes, then wages soon follow suit. If you raise wages then prices soon follow suit. If you raise prices then inflation follows, and the circle continues.

Higher taxes can certainly start the ball rolling.

I agree with most of these comments.
However, when have we as Bahamian employees ever truly given value for the money spent on wages?
Nobody can live on minimum wage.
It is unacceptable.
On the other hand, the performance of our national workforce, in general, especially government employees, suggests to me that many are totally overpaid for the work they actually do and the attitude they do it with.
Right now, while the minimum wage is too low to live on, it is actually too high for what most employers get for their money.

**"Its all about The economy, stupid"** Employers get more than they pay for, pay nothing get nothing!

We also need to remember that minimum wage is not necessarily aimed at working adults with children. The population getting minimum wage are usually those starting their careers (i.e. justo out of high school and some just out of college). It also helps young adults working in menial jobs hoping to build experience and helping fund a household with their parents and siblings.
Once you're in your middle-to-late twenties most of the population should have been working for a number of years already and have worked themselves up a level or two and minimum wage is comfortably behind them.
A person getting, or worried about getting, paid a minimum wage should not be a single parent trying to maintain a household. That situation should be extremely rare and should only happen through unfortunate circumstances (i.e. spouse died unexpectedly) or extreme stupidity.
In short... people getting minimum wage should be under 25 and living at home with their parents trying to save money and move up the corporate ladder.