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That's exactly how it works in many european countries, especially the ones without a legal minimum wage (Austria for example), so people working "slave" gig jo
by ChuckNorris89 6y ago
That's exactly how it works in many european countries, especially the ones without a legal minimum wage (Austria for example), so people working "slave" gig jobs (cleaners, delivery, construction and hospitality workers, etc.) where if they earn below a certain "livable' threshold, get various tax credits, subsidies and benefits from the government to reach that "livable" threshold, which, while it sounds good, it creates a perverse incentive where employees arrange with the employer to be paid as little on paper as possible to still qualify for the government subsidies and then get paid the rest under the table (tipping is expected here for this reason) which just moves the burden from the employers of paying a livable wage to the customers and to the taxpayers which are basically subsidizing their business.
- varispeed 6y agoWhat strikes me as weird is that parties that call themselves left-wing opt for this kind of hand outs without realising they are in fact subsidising the rich with workers' money. How this can fly?
- tnzm 6y agoLeft and right wings belong to the same vulture.
- Jcowell 6y agoWell not helping people in order to stick it to the rich is neither productive nor effective. There’s a reason for these handouts and it’s not as if left-wing parties don’t advocate for higher minimum wage. A problem can always be attacked from multiple sides.
- brigandish 6y agoThis is what's happened with housing benefit in the UK[1], it's basically a subsidy to businesses in high rent areas. It was £500M a week, I shudder to think what it is now. [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06bnbpx https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06bnbpx