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Define unfair. How can we objectively determine what would be a fair wage for that work?
by malandrew 7y ago
Define unfair. How can we objectively determine what would be a fair wage for that work?
- prewett 7y agoMinimum wage after all expenses (including depreciation) are subtracted seems like the absolute lowest wage that could be considered "fair". Or maybe whatever McDonald's/Walmart are paying in your area, since that is sometimes higher than minimum wage in urban markets.
- malandrew 7y agothis is just punting on the question. how should minimum wage be determined?
- britch 7y agoIf you work 40+ hours a week you should be payed enough to support yourself and a child and live in or very nearby the city in which you work. This is not how the minimum wage works currently. This is not all Uber/Lyft's feet, it's a broader problem in the economy. I understand this is more complex than Uber flipping a "fair wages" switch.
- Spooky23 7y agoIf I hire a guy to paint my house for $100, and the paint costs $105, but the painter paid for it already, that’s objectively unfair.
- malandrew 7y agoHow does this help me in this different context? What's the litmus test that we can apply across opportunities to earn a wage?
- pkaye 7y agoWhy would the painter accept a job where they lose money?
- Spooky23 7y agoHe needs cash now.
- alasdair_ 7y agoIf the painter bought a bunch of "vomit green" paint and it turns out no one wants it, offering $100 to get your house painted is a perfectly fair deal since the other option for the painter is to not sell it at all, which costs the full $105 as a writeoff.