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by taneq 2215 days ago
> Imagine it goes up to a livable $40/hr. Now these high school kids are competing with people with college degrees for the same job.

A lot of these predictions seem based on assuming nothing else changes when the minimum wage changes. Realistically you're not going to have college grads applying for highschool-kid jobs, you're going to see college grad jobs paying more.