gasparhaspar

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   by gasparhaspar 13y ago

   In what way is the scenario the responsibility of the hiring company? You're arguing that the company should impoverish itself to save the worker from poverty. There is no magic bag of infinite money at the company.
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   by gasparhaspar 13y ago

   If you require employers to pay an employee more than his work earns the company, that employer will go out of business or move operations or hire fewer employees.
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   by gasparhaspar 13y ago

   The complete lack of basic economic understanding displayed by the posters in this thread is astonishing for a site like HN that is largely devoted to technology entrepreneurship.