Assessing how economic rights can conflict, why is raising the federal minimum wage a controversial issue?
A. The economic right of business owners to set the pay for their workers is pitted against the economic right of workers to make a living wage.
B. Some business owners feel like it is a violation of their rights for the federal government to tell them what to do.
C. The rights of workers to ask for a promotion are in conflict with the business owner when they can’t afford the new promotion salary.
D. Businesses have the right to set the minimum wage, and workers have the right to reject it.
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A. The economic right of business owners to set the pay for their workers is pitted against the economic right of workers to make a living wage.