[bumby]

I’m not against that idea but there are some knock-on effects we should be careful of. For example, it will make it hard for younger people to get a job. If I have to pay a teenager the same as someone with a decade or more of work experience, that teenager probably won’t get a job.

With a lot of these discussions, we need to be careful about the seductively simple solutions.

[BizarroLand]

If the minimum was the actual minimum, then why would the person with a decade of experience ever work for it?

[bumby]

Because sometimes people have other goals or are just not an industrious personality.

I remember a radio interview with a fast food worker who’s response was basically “I like my job and don’t want to do something else, but I just want it to be a higher wage”

[BizarroLand]

I guess P.T. Barnum was spitting facts when he said, "There's a sucker born every minute".

[bumby]

Not sure what your point is. Are you saying people don’t act in a multi-objective way? Do you think people join the Marines because it’s the easiest way to make a buck? Or is it possible people aren’t just simple homo-economicus types trying to maximize their income with the lowest effort?