Because anyone can get that job

also a common argument but it's wrong

So how is it wrong?

90.7% of people on minimum wage are over the age of 20

I think its interesting how you brought up Seattle as an example of a 15 dollar minimum wage. This only applies to companies who have over 500 employees. Meaning if you are below that criteria 15 dollars wouldnt matter. But I used a bakery as an example of how a 15 dollar minimum wage could effect small businesses. But my whole premise is, it causes less competition for those unappealing jobs like trash collecting or disgusting low paying jobs.

over half are educated

Are you talking about worldwide? Or just the US?

US

I highly doubt that number is right

I don't think there is much competition for trash collecting as it is

If it was then the us wouldnt be the top richest nation in the world

pretty sure custodians are fairly well paid considering the job

Probably about 30% are paid minimum

it's not $7/hr

increasing the pay for collecting trash doesn't make people want to do the job less...

Well take a look a full time garbage collector vs a full time working at mcdonalds
mcdonalds full time salary is around 22k a year compared to a garbage collector which is 37k a year
sure many people might not want those disgusting jobs or there even being a massive competition for it. But there is competition for those higher paying jobs

Theres alot of competition nowadays for gaming for example

It's super fierce

And like

15 dollars is more than a garbage collector makes and mcdonalds employee would be forced to have a 15 dollar minimum wage. what is stopping people from taking those jobs at mcdonalds opposed to being a garbage collector

They will use cheap and dirty working tactics to make as much money as possible

37k/year is more than $15/hour...

for my area (florida) they get paid around 13 an hour

but you gave an example and they already get paid a living wage... so poor example

it fits with what I said... cleaning shit and bags of trash is already paid more because nobody wants to do it

yes i gave a livable wage of being a garbage collector and i gave a non livable wage being mcdonalds

Be a plumber

Its such a simple job and yet plumbers get tipped and paid a decent amount

Youd be surprised

my question is, what stopping people from taking that job at mcdonalds instead of being a garbage collector?

Why not, you could get a simpler and more fun job at mcdonalds then being a garbage collector

what's stopping them from starting a trash collecting business and making a billion dollars annually

having to start off paying their employees 15 dollars an hour

the economy isn't perfectly fluid it's complex so anecdotes don't work too well

it may force trash collection companies to raise wages but probably not

see now you get it people will raise their wages to those unlikeable jobs causing competition causing inflation

nah you're not listening it's not basic economics

that's a naive view even the economists don't fully know the repercussions

that's why I said look at what it actually does

okay people im open minded tell me where i went wrong
if im wrong ill admit it

maybe i am looking at it through this basis view