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why is a job flipping burgers worth 30k? by running up the cost of unskilled labor pressure is put upon those who need skilled labor and many of those jobs can

why is a job flipping burgers worth 30k? by running up the cost of unskilled labor pressure is put upon those who need skilled labor and many of those jobs can go overseas

Frondo 11y ago
Why? Because we (as in "we the people") decide it is so? Remember, the government, and all its laws, derives its power from us, not the other way 'round.
- fche 11y ago
  ... but "we" haven't given government the power to micromanage every aspect of our lives.
  - Frondo 11y ago
    A minimum wage law isn't micromanagement of our lives.
    - fche 11y ago
      But by your reasoning, "we the people ... deciding" is good enough justification for government action. There need to be limits on "we the people deciding" other people's affairs - that's elementary.
- scutfarcuss 11y ago
  "We the people" decide that it's not worth 30k by refusing to pay $20 for a big mac.
  - toomuchtodo 11y ago
    Australia has an appropriate minimum wage yet their Big Mac's don't cost $20.