so they would not have employed me for a higher wage

I think you answered yourself

how?

it was a vacation job while i was at school and because of ***my lack of training*** I could not get another job where I could have worked as much

customers wouldnt have paid a higher price for the product if you had forced them to by putting a minimum wage on my labor. If they had chosen not to purchase the product I would have had no work. So I was happy there was no minimum wage so I could sell my service for a price the market allowed me to

my lack of training ment that no customer would have paid a minimum wage for my job (or the higher price for a product if you had raised my pay)

If you had instituted a minimum wage I would have made no money at all

therefore I chose to sell my labor for a low price and having a job instead of demanding a higher wage and not finding work

It is even less the right of the government to determine the minimum value of a job than the employee, so I'm not sure how that suggests that a minimum wage is okay.

@scaevola Get training so you can get a better job.
@wolfman1911 who determines worth of what a company pays its employees? I know what determines prices=markets and such, but who determines employee compensation

Or what determines

there is a market for services/work just like there is a market for goods

I say that the employer and prospective employee both determine it. The employer determines the value of the job, and offer that as pay, and if anyone thinks it's a fair wage for the job, then the employees will agree to it by applying for it.

@wolfman1911 sounds like a pipedream

Or paragon of employment but it never actually happens that way

It is certainly a pipe dream while we have a nanny state deciding what all jobs are worth.

And I have no illusions that it would work out perfectly in real life, but having a minimum wage doesn't either, so. . .

How else has it worked in your experience?

People are selfish and higher ups think "how much do I **HAVE** to pay people?" Do employers actually think how much is THIS person worth? That's an almost impossible feat to figure for EVERY single applicant

The employer isn't asking how much the person is worth, that is for the prospective employee to determine. The employer decides how much the job is worth.

I meant

The employer is judging every applicant to see if their self assigned worth matches up with the employer assigned worth of the job

Ok

I think we've gotten off track

I've asserted why I think we should keep minimum wage and keep it statically low, please show possible value of abolishing minimum wage

the employer looks how much value your work adds to a product and than looks how much he HAS to pay you, but if he decides to give you significantly less than your work is worth you can work somewhere else

because someone else will also want your labor

Is that an argument for abolishing min wage, You can do that already

But why should there be an arbitrary amount that the government says 'every job is worth at least this much'?

thats an argument that employers dont make up the wage they pay you

they give you how much it is worth

if you make it illegal to work for less than minimum wage people whose work is worth less wont find work

Ok so abolish min wage what then?

freedom

Tis now your sand box, explain what happens beside shady employers saying "okay you get paid $1 an hour now"

dude why do you think employers pay people more than minimum wage now?

why dont they pay everyone the absolute minimum they legally have to

Rhetorical questions are not arguments for your cause

its not rethorical

why cant they pay everyone as little as legally possible?

they dont so I assume they cant