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Amazon also pays its workers dimes and lets the social programs make up for it - like how workers in US use foodstamps etc. There is more than one way to dump t
by unity1001 5y ago
Amazon also pays its workers dimes and lets the social programs make up for it - like how workers in US use foodstamps etc. There is more than one way to dump the cost onto the society.
- missedthecue 5y agoIt's not actually possible to work at Amazon and qualify for food stamps, unless you are a single parent with multiple children. Amazon simply pays too much.
- csee 5y agoFor this argument to make sense, you would first have to show that in the absence of Amazon, low-skilled labor on aggregate (including the people currently working there) would be making more than they currently are making. If it turns out that they would be making less, then it's not a coherent argument because it means that Amazon's presence has caused welfare costs to go down. An example. Suppose someone is working at the best job they could find for $8/hour, and I decide to hire them for $15/hour. Am I "dumping the cost onto society"? Maybe you could frame it that way, but in reality my contribution has been to reduce the burden on society by $7/hour.