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if you had diabetes, would you be ok with a fraction of the insulin that you need to survive? it's unethical/immoral to offer a fraction of a livable wage to d
by text0404 3y ago
if you had diabetes, would you be ok with a fraction of the insulin that you need to survive?
it's unethical/immoral to offer a fraction of a livable wage to desperate people who have no other options.
- pasttense01 3y agoThis $20 minimum was only applies to fast food workers: why do other workers only need a much lower livable wage?
- s0rce 3y agoThis is confusing to me as well. Why is one industry specifically called out.
- gnicholas 3y agoSpecifically, it only applies to workers employed by fast food restaurants with 60+ locations. This was easier for the legislature to pass, since they could paint it as a battle between big business and little employees.
- alvah 3y ago100% of insulin-dependent diabetics who don’t get enough insulin will die. Most people in unskilled entry-level jobs which pay less than a bureaucrat’s notion of what’s required to survive will not die, at least in the short term. Unskilled entry-level jobs have never really been a viable career, but they do serve a valuable function. Eliminating them by setting the price higher than the value seems like a backward step (e.g. if you’re a teenager or student trying to make a bit of extra cash).
- alvah 3y ago“it's unethical/immoral to offer a fraction of a livable wage to desperate people who have no other options” The lack of other options or desperation of the applicant are not the responsibility of the individual business making the offer. In a socialised economy, on the other hand, you might have a point.