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Not all of the work you cited is essential. Would society crumble without retail? Minimum wage in Spain is significantly more money than anything I've made in
by hotdogscout 3y ago
Not all of the work you cited is essential. Would society crumble without retail?
Minimum wage in Spain is significantly more money than anything I've made in my life. It's a very comfortable position for the vast majority of the world.
>There is a lot of low skilled labor that goes into making what we eat today. I'm not sure how you could possibly claim that none of those people are on minimum wage.
People doing essential work that isn't trivially replaceable have the bargaining power to charge more than the minimum wage in a moderately free market of human work, usually they do.
- squigz 3y ago> Not all of the work you cited is essential. Would society crumble without retail? Did I miss the part where the other comment mentioned retail, or where you respond to the half dozen other examples of essential work? > Minimum wage in Spain is significantly more money than anything I've made in my life. It's a very comfortable position for the vast majority of the world. Instead of moving the bar some more, could you just define what minimum wage would be an acceptable bar for you in this conversation?
- hotdogscout 3y agoYes you missed retail, read it again. https://uk.indeed.com/career/warehouse-worker/salaries https://uk.indeed.com/career/warehouse-worker/salaries Do you really need me to Google every single essential position known before conceding that society is not maintained by minimum wage workers?
- squigz 3y agoNo, but I sure would like it if you defined it a bit better, since apparently we're now talking about UK numbers.