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>In a truly free market with no government fingers on the scale no worker would ever work for less than is required to live Absolutely false. People will alway
by colinmhayes 6y ago
>In a truly free market with no government fingers on the scale no worker would ever work for less than is required to live
Absolutely false. People will always work at the highest wage they can obtain unless they value their time above what that wage. No government assistance leads to even more people working for $1/hr because they're even more desperate.
- michaelmrose 6y agoAnd employers will pay the least that they can pay and get people in the door. The least they can possibly pay is lessor if government benefits can be used to make up the difference. Government benefits lower the floor so low that people literally couldn't live if they were paid solely in wages rather than wages + benefits.
- colinmhayes 6y agoWalmart pays enough to survive without government benefits, it's just a terrible life. If an employee dies because they don't have healthcare Walmart would hire someone else.
- michaelmrose 6y agoWith no government benefits there would be vastly more pressure to unionize and demand better wages or just ask for more on the front end and select the employer willing to pay more.