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Originally Posted by Tobra
Minimum wage jobs are entry level jobs, not careers.
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I do not think this is true. This argument assumes that if someone is flipping burgers they're either a wet-behind-the-ears teenager or being punished for some poor life choice or just not being bright in general.
Not everyone is going to be an engineer, rocket surgeon, or podiatrist.
In reality, there are more people of working age than there are "good-paying" jobs.
Does it really seem fair that someone can work 8 hours a day and yet not make enough for food & housing?
As a mental exercise, imagine what would happen if
everyone had a degree. Then what? You'll have guys with college degrees doing menial jobs... Hey wait! We already have that. Hell, some companies
require a degree even for low-level jobs, and they get away with it because they know there's a glut of talent.
People say raising the minimum wage will run smaller companies out of business; is any company really
entitled to cheap labor? The exact same argument was used in defense of slavery: if slavery were abolished, it would put plantations out of business and make the US economically vulnerable to other countries.
If your company can't afford to pay your employees enough, maybe you shouldn't be in business.
I also don't think you can have a discussion about minimum wage and the employment rate without bringing up the topic of the visa programs to bring in (legal) low-wage indentured servants from other countries to bridge imaginary skill gaps.