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If true, sounds like a strong argument for removing minimum wage laws, so as to provide more economic opportunities for people and create a skill ladder they ca

• soks86 1y ago
  Working and not being able to live is not an "economic opportunity." It's more likely the reason some of these folks aren't employed. Lowering wages doesn't create anything except depravity on the part of employers.
• mjamesaustin 1y ago
  Sounds more like an argument for universal basic income. Plasma donation is much closer to a cash grant than it is to a job.
• hollywood_court 1y ago
  That will only increase 'socialism'. If a business doesn't pay a living wage, that effectively means that said business is being subsidized by a different entity. It could be the employee, the employee's spouse, the government, etc. But someone is subsidizing businesses that don't pay living wages.
  • gruez 1y ago
    >If a business doesn't pay a living wage, that effectively means that said business is being subsidized by a different entity. It could be the employee, the employee's spouse, the government, etc. But someone is subsidizing businesses that don't pay living wages. I never understood this framing. If the person in question wasn't being employed, it's not as if he suddenly won't need food/housing/whatever, so why call it a subsidy when he decides to get a job?