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That's extraordinarily elitist and insensitive to some people desperate to work, isn't it?

• eli_gottlieb 14y ago
  Not really, no. I know loads of people with low-wage jobs. None of them like doing those shitty jobs so much that they'll turn down a wage rise, or a funded unemployment, or a higher-paying job, to "protect" their particular employer. Nobody wants to work more for less, and when you talk about a system that keeps productivity down (ie: a race to the bottom between labor wages and the price of automation), you are ultimately talking about everyone working more for less.
  • randallsquared 14y ago
    > None of them like doing those shitty jobs so much that they'll turn down a wage rise, or a funded unemployment, or a higher-paying job, to "protect" their particular employer. No, but I'm sure they like them better than not doing anything, since they have the choice to not do anything right now. If the minimum wage is raised above what they are capable of producing in value, they will no longer have the choice at all.
    • warfangle 14y ago
      It wouldn't be a choice between a cardboard box and tedium if we'd give the human race a fucking chance to do its thing.