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by jmckib 4268 days ago
Of course the labor market isn't perfectly free, but it is approximately free, especially in the long run. Price signals do exist. A silly example but it demonstrates the point: if everybody suddenly decided they wanted a massage every day, don't you think the wages for masseuses would go up, ultimately attracting more people to pursue that career? Isn't that a good thing?
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> Of course the labor market isn't perfectly free, but it is approximately free

Bullshit, try going to economies that have suffered periods of extended unemployed labor to see how that impacts 5 and 10 years down the line.

Employment is most certainly a social issue and as such is well within the bounds of reasonable regulations, much more so than any commodity.