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> This "living wage leads to inflation" story is right wing fearmongering. No, it's a misunderstanding of supply and demand. When you raise the price of someth

> This "living wage leads to inflation" story is right wing fearmongering. No, it's a misunderstanding of supply and demand. When you raise the price of something, doesn't matter if it's labor or oranges, demand goes down. "Minimum" wage laws result in unemployment for lower-skilled workers, preventing them from getting valuable experience. Everyone who works decides what their minimum is; but somehow "minimum" wage proponents don't trust low-wage earner to decide for themselves so they prefer them to be unemployed instead because they don't understand that this is the result of those policies.

CuriouslyC 4y ago
I would be totally happy to put an exception in the minimum wage law for apprenticeships and training periods for challenging jobs. Just as long as McDonalds isn't run by "apprentice" fry cooks and register jockeys. Low wage jobs with no career prospects are just preying on people for whom the alternative is homelessness.
- surement 4y ago
  even jobs with no career prospects provide experience leading to useful skills, at the bare minimum how to behave with coworkers people have the option of taking those jobs or not so I'm not sure how this is "preying"
  - CuriouslyC 4y ago
    If there are very few non-predatory low wage jobs with good career prospects (which is one of the fundamental gripes of millennials/gen z along with housing costs) then your choices are: 1. Get lucky enough to land a good low paying job where advancement is likely 2. Take the shit job while you hope to find #1 (assuming you have the time and energy to keep job hunting while dealing with life/taking care of a kid/going to school part time/etc) 3. Get evicted for not paying rent and become homeless. You aren't even allowed the option of homesteading/living off the land, because it's all private property and some rich jerk who never uses it will eventually end up calling the sheriff on you. 4. Say fuck the system and become a criminal. People are tired of spending their entire life on option #2, burning half their monthly paycheck on substandard, overcrowded living accommodations. These jobs are a trap, and companies that have roles of this sort should be forced to either build progression into them, or compensate workers better. If a business can't turn a profit without exploiting its workers it shouldn't be a business.
    - surement 4y ago
      > These jobs are a trap You always have the option of not taking the job and look for a higher-paying one.

CuriouslyC 4y ago

I would be totally happy to put an exception in the minimum wage law for apprenticeships and training periods for challenging jobs. Just as long as McDonalds isn't run by "apprentice" fry cooks and register jockeys. Low wage jobs with no career prospects are just preying on people for whom the alternative is homelessness.

surement 4y ago
even jobs with no career prospects provide experience leading to useful skills, at the bare minimum how to behave with coworkers people have the option of taking those jobs or not so I'm not sure how this is "preying"
- CuriouslyC 4y ago
  If there are very few non-predatory low wage jobs with good career prospects (which is one of the fundamental gripes of millennials/gen z along with housing costs) then your choices are: 1. Get lucky enough to land a good low paying job where advancement is likely 2. Take the shit job while you hope to find #1 (assuming you have the time and energy to keep job hunting while dealing with life/taking care of a kid/going to school part time/etc) 3. Get evicted for not paying rent and become homeless. You aren't even allowed the option of homesteading/living off the land, because it's all private property and some rich jerk who never uses it will eventually end up calling the sheriff on you. 4. Say fuck the system and become a criminal. People are tired of spending their entire life on option #2, burning half their monthly paycheck on substandard, overcrowded living accommodations. These jobs are a trap, and companies that have roles of this sort should be forced to either build progression into them, or compensate workers better. If a business can't turn a profit without exploiting its workers it shouldn't be a business.
  - surement 4y ago
    > These jobs are a trap You always have the option of not taking the job and look for a higher-paying one.