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Why not get rid of minimum wage? We'd open up opportunities for all sorts of new wage deals and payment structures. What's the point of having people on welfare
by wincy 10y ago
Why not get rid of minimum wage? We'd open up opportunities for all sorts of new wage deals and payment structures. What's the point of having people on welfare who could be working as a servant or doing some sort of work? It would also disincentive automation when labor prices can be driven down and suddenly everyone becomes employable.
- rayiner 10y agoAs someone who immigrated to the US from a country where people have "servants" I'd fight very hard to ensure we never have such a system here.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoOut of curiosity, may I ask which country?
- rayiner 10y agoBangladesh.
- notfromhere 10y agoThat's one way to create a permanent underclass and cause a whole lot of other social issues.
- jschwartzi 10y agoSee the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries in the US for plenty of examples of what this would look like.