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U.S. Federal Minimum Wage Remains Flat for 16th Straight Year as Billionaires’ Wealth Skyrockets
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No, but neither should his boss (in the form of the forced charity that is paying someone more for their work than their work is worth). Hence my position that:
So the others who would otherwise be getting paid properly, according to their labor's value, have to now get paid less, to subsidize those whose labor isn't as valuable? That's not fair to them.
It's not the boss's, or the coworkers', responsibility to 'pick up the slack' for work that's paid fairly according to the value it generates, while also being less than a "living wage". Neither are to blame for a particular job generating less value than the worker needs to have a "living wage", so neither should be held responsible, either. Again, it's the government's job to fulfill that promise, if it makes it.
If you force the business to pay more in wages than the labor is worth, it's still a charity case, you're just arbitrarily forcing the citizens who own the business to be the source of the charity.
It's passing the buck to other citizens, which primarily harms and has a chilling effect on entrepreneurship/small businesses (big megacorps can just 'eat' the additional cost without a problem), which in turns reduces competition and overall reduces the bargaining power of the workforce, as they compete for fewer jobs.
Market forces will naturally arrive at a price for job X, and shift as the state of the market shifts. I believe it is absolutely the government's responsibility to both regulate the market so that said price isn't manipulated (preventing monopolies, etc.), and to 'pick up the slack' when it wants everyone in the workforce to be earning at least $X, whenever the market price of their work falls below $X.
You're so cute 🥺🥺 you still believe the market is able to self regulate
So, did you not read the comment to the end, or are you just equal parts smug and dishonest?