Let us say you pay someone to pick apples. The apples are worth $100, but you have to pay them $200 to pick them.

Or he's going to ask for more

That is essentially minimum wage.

Let us make some allwance for the cost of labor.

But, the gist of it is that you are forced to pay them more than their market worth.

what you'd do it raise the price of apples

The minimum wage was designed to be temporary, not for people to live off of

Because prices determine what goods and services are of equal value.

But who determines market worth?

this is madness

We all do.

and infinite migration was designed to keep wages at (or below) minimal wages

No. THIS IS SPARTA

Alright there's no minimum wage, I'm paid 4$ and hour

How do I survive?

you may ask for 20, but the guy fresh over the border asks for 5

You get a different job

no other jobs

Also, most people don't work for minimum wage

Let us say you live on an island and there are 100 coconuts.

You have a currency, let's call them cocodollars. You have 100 cocodollars on the island. How much is each coconut going to be worth?

See who's willing to pay more

how to get better paying job if you have to pay to get education for a better job and you're poor

and if none are, because your area is flooded with migrants?

you don't have to

There are plenty of high paying jobs that don't require college degree

please tag people since this chat is moving fairly quickly

Wages are the most expensive part of any company

Well, you would expect each coconut to be worth about 1 cocodollar.

As much as your willing to trade for a cocodollar

why would they hire citizens for 15-20 when they can hire illegals for 5

idk i wish there were laws

i don't know, why does chick-fil-a pay 16 dollars an hour STARTING when the minimum is 7?

low skilled labor means easily replaceable labor

Yup

maybe we should punish capitalists who take advantage of illegals

no, no, can't do that

The minimum here is 15

can't punish the job creators

Not much of a raise tbh

fuck the job creators

The minimum wage hurts low skilled labor, not skilled laborers