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This fallacy is how we get where we are. We all already legally agree every person working deserves a minimum wage. Even now they pretend it's just 'entry leve
by effingwewt 4y ago
This fallacy is how we get where we are. We all already legally agree every person working deserves a minimum wage.
Even now they pretend it's just 'entry level jobs for schoolchildren without bills'. In reality it allows them to pay the bare minimum as now people who need to support themselves now directly compete with those who do not, artificially depressing the wages such that they almost never go over the bare minimum.
I'd also like to add they use this to their advantage ad nauseum. They use this to- while paying the bare minimum- demand workers do demeaning jobs, in demeaning uniforms, are generally disrespected by customers, can't get time off when they need it, supplying the bare minimum insurance, placing all the monetary onus on the employee. What we have does not work, we need to try something else.
- _-david-_ 4y agoHow is somebody with no experience or education supposed to get a job when they cannot generate that much money for a company? Perhaps they can get lucky and find a company who will hire them, but many poor, young, and people with criminal records will be priced out of the market which will lead to generational poverty. There is also an increasing number of lower paying jobs that are going away due to automation. Raising the minimum wage will speed up the adoption. This will make it even harder to get a job. I fully agree that some companies and customers do not treat employees with dignity. This is not really relevant to the minimum wage. I also fully agree what we have doesn't work. We need good paying jobs for people with minimal / no experience and education. I don't think just raising the minimum wage will fix things. At best raising the minimum wage is stop gap that will cause damage in the long term and create even more poverty.