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The people taking those low-wage jobs clearly prefer the existence of those businesses over nothing. Maybe you can help them by getting them food at lower pric
by OCASM 6y ago
The people taking those low-wage jobs clearly prefer the existence of those businesses over nothing.
Maybe you can help them by getting them food at lower prices. Just a thought.
- Broken_Hippo 6y agoJust because it is better than nothing doesn't mean that it is right. My point still stands: If you can't pay a living wage, don't have a business where you need to hire other people.
- OCASM 6y agoOr you could could have such a business and allow people to decide whether they want to work there or not.
- Broken_Hippo 6y agoJobs don't work like that, though. To be able to pass up work is a luxury - the employer really has the upper hand. This is doubly so at low wages: No Food & no shelter unless you work isn't a free choice. Doubly so when the bits of safety net available require work in many cases - if they truly exist at all. (been years, but Indiana had zero cash help for single folks without kids. I guess adults could just go die on the street). Wage slavery sucks. Now, if there were a real safety net - UBI, or something else that gives enough to live a normal life and afford a computer, internet, food, shelter, and reasonable hobbies - well, then, we can reconsider. Until we have choice with viable options - including not working for exploitative employers - then we might be able to do such things.