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tt24today at 5:31 PM6 repliesview on HN

What do minimum wage supporters expect to happen with people whose labor does not produce >= $minimum_wage worth of value?


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dwrobertstoday at 6:30 PM

What about people receiving astronomically high wages that vastly outstrip their labour value?

TheSamFischertoday at 5:37 PM

> whose labor does not produce >= $minimum_wage worth of value

Same thing we’ve been doing for other fields like software engineers - just pay them more.

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sapphicsnailtoday at 7:28 PM

If a business can't pay it's employees enough to live on it shouldn't survive.

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expedition32today at 5:47 PM

I remember when Uber was cheap. Then they weren't and people went back to walking and cycling. Americans wouldn't get it.

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yeah879846today at 5:33 PM

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Blazaratoday at 7:29 PM

Labour theory of value should first be applied to management staff who produce nothing of value before employees that at least contribute something.