"Why make things more complicated? We've always had one minimum wage; don't change what ain't broke." Nevermind the numerous fallacies, this is a typical thought pattern for Americans.

Another bad habbit Americans have: they look only to their authority for answers (whomever that may be. e.g. the president, fox news, the church, etc). Go watch some Trump rallies to see this in action.

I'm beginning to believe our education system has left us lacking even basic critical thinking skills and thus we can not have two minimum wages.

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Not all Americans are this way, obviously, but enough are and they're in the right areas to cause problems. (wrt areas, see: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering )