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I'm not sure the amount of automation possible in 1999 is at all close to the amount of automation possible in 2017. That we have things like automated cashier
by BearGoesChirp 9y ago
I'm not sure the amount of automation possible in 1999 is at all close to the amount of automation possible in 2017. That we have things like automated cashiers that need far fewer employees to run seems like something that would invalidate these past comparisons.
- mason55 9y agoThe automated cashiers are only going to get better and cheaper. I think if that's your argument against raising the minimum wage then you're only delaying the inevitable. Now, if the argument was "don't raise the minimum wage because we want people to keep their jobs temporarily while we spin up xyz programs to help for when then inevitably lose them to automation" then, OK, that seems reasonable. There's a plan to move forward from the inevitable.
- BearGoesChirp 9y agoMy argument is that maybe we shouldn't judge the impact of raising minimum wages in late 2010s using data from raising the minimum wage in 1999 because there have been significant advances in automation. I am not making an argument on if we should or shouldn't raise the minimum wage, only commenting of the relevance of data someone used.