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Slippery slope / Straw-man fallacy. One is to do with tying the minimum wage to a livable wage. The other is just large numbers for the sake of trying to win an
by bitdotdash 6y ago
Slippery slope / Straw-man fallacy. One is to do with tying the minimum wage to a livable wage. The other is just large numbers for the sake of trying to win an argument. No one is arguing for $150/hr. The argument is simply that you aught not to be able to run a business and extract a profit if the cost to do so is employing people at such a low wage that they require governmental handouts just to pay rent and eat food. Given that, imaginary large numbers like $150/hr or $1500/hr do not come into play and thus do not need to be considered.
- mrkstu 6y agoThat is still better for society than not having the economic activity. What exactly is the benefit of wholly depriving the putative worker of a job vs. making up the difference with something like food stamps and Medicaid?
- OCASM 6y agoThey don't need the handouts. They could for example live in communal spaces and share resources. What exactly is "livable" anyways? Millions of people live every day with only a couple of dollars a day.
- RockIslandLine 6y ago"Millions of people live every day with only a couple of dollars a day." Not in the USA they don't. There is no possible way that an individual could pay for food, clothing, and shelter on that income.
- OCASM 6y agoSure, different countries have different living standards. That's the point. "Living wage" is an undefined, ever changing concept. Populist to the core.
- arp242 6y agoWhat a strange argument; you can most certainly quantify living wage for a specific region by looking at the prices in said region.