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SevenEleven
Junior Chimp
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« on: May 05, 2020, 09:07:04 PM »


And young people trying to enter the job market.

This is one issue where I agree with Libertarians: I don't think there should be a minimum wage at all.

And when people start talking about raising the minimum wage, I get sarcastic and suggest that we raise the wage to $75 an hour. Hey, we're going to get there anyway, some day, so we might as well get there sooner rather than later. After all, it never hurts anyone at all to raise the minimum wage. Raising it is always a win-win scenario. And we need to ensure that no one is ever "working poor."

I guarantee you there wouldn't be so many "unpaid internships" out there if it were legal to pay people $5 an hour.

I guarantee you there wouldn't be so many $10 an hour jobs out there if it were legal to pay people $5 an hour.
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SevenEleven
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2020, 11:56:25 PM »


And young people trying to enter the job market.

This is one issue where I agree with Libertarians: I don't think there should be a minimum wage at all.

And when people start talking about raising the minimum wage, I get sarcastic and suggest that we raise the wage to $75 an hour. Hey, we're going to get there anyway, some day, so we might as well get there sooner rather than later. After all, it never hurts anyone at all to raise the minimum wage. Raising it is always a win-win scenario. And we need to ensure that no one is ever "working poor."

I guarantee you there wouldn't be so many "unpaid internships" out there if it were legal to pay people $5 an hour.

I guarantee you there wouldn't be so many $10 an hour jobs out there if it were legal to pay people $5 an hour.

Yes and that's a good thing.

What is the pathway to libertarian Paradise like? Do you just get rid of the bad laws and everything is okay? Do you first try to eliminate inequities from a corrupt pre-existing order and then institute policies that allow people to sink or swim on their own? What are the first steps taken?
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SevenEleven
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2020, 03:37:47 AM »

What is the pathway to libertarian Paradise like? Do you just get rid of the bad laws and everything is okay? Do you first try to eliminate inequities from a corrupt pre-existing order and then institute policies that allow people to sink or swim on their own? What are the first steps taken?

It's a good thing because if a job is worth $5 an hour to a business but they're forced to spend $10 on it, they will do their best to automate, eliminate, or outsource it as soon as possible, and then that person will not be making any money at all.

I understand that; I'm more interested in what sort of path it would take to reach your goals. I don't need spoken down to. Do you value current owners over everything else? We see this same struggle with marijuana legalization, i.e. whether big business or people who have already been doing this business. You answered none of my questions and I was pretty eager to hear your thoughts.
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