so if you're for a minimum wage then you should have an idea of how it should be set

because it's not even pinned to inflation

in other words it used to be a living wage but the value has eroded

and now it is a below-poverty wage

i think my issue with 15 dollars being a living wage would give people less of an incentive to compete for those higher paying jobs. What would stop someone from being a trash collector than taking some easy job as a mcdonalds employee doing some stupid easy job

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No

my issue with abolishing slavery is it would give people less incentive to pick my cotton

if you can't pay people enough to live maybe you shouldn't be in business

because you're in the business of exploitation rather than profit and growth

https://news.clearancejobs.com/2020/03/06/chinas-thousand-talents-program-harvests-u-s-technology/

Or maybe people were lazy and had the money and expenses to pay people to harvest crops and then a machine was made and people had no use of using slaves

so that analogy went right the fuck over your head

Everything goes over my fucking head

oh so you're short too gross

Nah

Im kidding

Im tired

Wanted to say random shit

are you saying businesses that pay their employees minimum wage shouldnt be a business if they cant pay their employees 15 dollars an hour?

if there's one thing we don't need it is more manlets

no I'm saying the idea of a living wage is sound and I'm giving you an example

I think 15 is probably too much

you can strike a balance

without fucking over the lower class completely

There's alot of variables to a wage of an employee

I couldnt list them all

"if you can't pay people enough to live maybe you shouldn't be in business"
but you said if you cant pay your employees a livable wage you shouldnt be a business.
there are a lot of for example family owned bakers that have a few employees and make enough to pay the owner's bills and the paychecks of its employees. If 15 dollars was implemented to be a minimum wage what would stop the businesses from letting go half their employees to pay the livable wage.

Wouldnt this just leave some Americans without jobs?

well it's a complex issue people make the mistake of thinking this is basic economics when it's not

Seattle has $15 minimum wage so just look at them for example

I think more likely is a reduction in hours and understaffing

and if it's a family business you have more kids to slave away for free obviously

but yeah even with a mom and pop your wages are a part of your expenses, not the whole pie

from the perspective of the employee it's their whole pie

but yeah that argument is made a lot and I think it's shit because it's a scarcity mindset