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There are jobs that are illegal because the highest price people are willing to pay for them is lower than the minimum wage. The potential buyers and sellers of
by natrius 14y ago
There are jobs that are illegal because the highest price people are willing to pay for them is lower than the minimum wage. The potential buyers and sellers of those services would not be harmed if they were legal—they would benefit.
- sliverstorm 14y agoWho benefits when you establish a class of people working for $2/hr? Last I checked that's $4,000/year, which puts you solidly in poverty.
- natrius 14y agoThis argument isn't going to go anywhere novel. The point is that such policies help some impoverished people make more, but they make other impoverished people make less.
- tedunangst 14y agoPeople currently making $0/hr?