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How 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 fi
by _-david-_ 4y ago
How 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.