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> I hate the idea of closing it off to people that just want to side income. Oftentimes this is a necessary side-effect of what (I believe at least) is good le
by MiroF 6y ago
> I hate the idea of closing it off to people that just want to side income.
Oftentimes this is a necessary side-effect of what (I believe at least) is good legislation. A minimum wage of $7 might close off a job to less qualified people who want to work for less, but on-net I think is a good policy.
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoI don't understand how people think like this. It's like a policy that gives to the needy by taking from the even more needy is somehow a good idea. If you want to help people who can't command high wages, lower their taxes and make it up from people who have more money. Or give them a UBI to much the same effect. Don't take the money out of opportunities for even worse off people, that's ridiculous.
- viscanti 6y agoMinimum wages were initially created as a way to price people of color out of the job market. They still disproportionally effect people of color. Creating a floor on earnings prevents a large section of the population from ever getting ANY work experience. If they can't ever get to the first rung of the career ladder they're unlikely to ever get beyond that. There's some weird obsession of hoping that businesses (or the free market) are going to solve all of the problems of society. That's clearly not the case, but instead of the government stepping in to address those issues, they hope that creating things like earnings floor mandates will solve the problem. Those patchwork implementation generally end up having unintended (or in the case of minimum wages, actually intended and racist) consequences.