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by deadmansshoes
5462 days ago
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Maybe a minimum wage policy has a wider remit than "the economy."
Why bother with any regulations, or indeed employee rights at all?
As for your arguments about immigrants - people may migrate to live "the American dream", but how many people's situations are actually improved? |
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That doesn't make much sense to me. The consequences of a minimum wage law are purely economic, on the people as a whole and on the employers and employees affected by that law, as well as on the people who aren't employed due to that law.
Why bother with any regulations, or indeed employee rights at all?
Some regulations are helpful; some aren't. I'm just talking about the minimum wage.
As for your arguments about immigrants - people may migrate to live "the American dream", but how many people's situations are actually improved?
That question is for them to answer. If they don't find their conditions improved, they're free to return home. (Obviously, I'm setting aside cases of human trafficking and so forth--that's an entirely separate issue, and I think we both agree that human trafficking is wrong.)