is this lady serious?

[Lechasseur]

The living wage in NY for one adult and one child is $30/hour

I'm as natalist as the next poster, but the idea that we should price every childless person out of the NYC labor market is insane.

I am by no means a natalist, and think it'd do quite a bit of good for humanity to have far less children. Regardless, the minimum wage in NY (and I used to live there) cannot sustain even the rudiments of a family. Make of that what you will

My point was that setting minimums to support families actually warps the labor market in the same way that setting minimums to the "living wage" will/would price out unskilled teenagers and retirees from having part-time jobs.

We should consider the whole market when setting minimums, rather than just the most needy – whom we can obviously emphasize through other means (e.g. welfare spending and tax credits).

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