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The assault on low-skill jobs via higher minimum wages, automation
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The problem isn’t the minimum wage.The problem is jobs.The shift to a service economy had been the only consistent bright spot when it comes to job creation. At the same time technology is allowing the elimination of what are essentially basic entry level jobs. Combine emerging technologies with cost squeezes and you have created a big incentive for businesses to keep cutting labor costs.Even Bill Gates gets it.