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There's no connection between your link and an argument that the minimum wage is a bad idea. Also, the article doesn't make an ethical argument. I firmly belie

• eru 5y ago
  To spell out the argument in more detail: Minimum wage legislation only concerns you, if you are running a business that offers jobs to poor people. If you automate and hire robots instead: no obligation. If you don't open a business in the first place: no obligation. If you outsource overseas: no obligation. Do you see how the article I linked applies? I would suggest that if we want to help poor people via legislation, we give them money financed out of general taxation. Instead of special obligations that effectively act as a tax on interactions with the needy. > I firmly believe in a minimum wage. What makes you believe so? What do you think minimum wage legislation accomplishes? What are the costs and benefits you see? What empirical evidence, if any, would change your mind?