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The point is that you can’t pay $4, for the very reasons you mention.
by omginternets 6y ago
The point is that you can’t pay $4, for the very reasons you mention.
- ghaff 6y agoTo be clear, I'm not advocating for $4/hr jobs. The parent asked what jobs don't exist because there generally aren't $4/hr jobs for valid reasons. [And yes, low income jobs may make sense for kids doing babysitting, etc.] By and large you need a pretty large disparity between middle income jobs and unskilled but reliable labor for a lot of the jobs to exist except for truly wealthy individuals.
- JumpCrisscross 6y agoThe point is $4/hour isn’t sustainable in part due to more-productive people bidding up the cost of living and in part due to almost everyone having better options for employment (or unemployment).