My June 25 column, “PayDisparity Violates Credit Union Philosophy,” accomplishedexactly what I had hoped. It started a dialogue about employeewages.

For the most part, feedback was positive. Almost all theemails and calls I received started like this: “For the most part,I agree with you, but …”

The most frequent comment was that increasing minimum wage isunlikely to solve the larger wage disparity problem. And there ismerit to that argument. As one technology manager pointed out, it'ssimple economics. Raising wages without raising prices createsunemployment, which exacerbates the problem.

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