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Re:Philadelphia Poised to Ban Employers from Asking Hires Ab... by pasquinelli on Saturday January 21, 2017 @07:10PM (#13452836)
sure, i agree, so in the spirit of free exchange of information, let's require employers to list their salary range in all job listings, and let's require employers to give salary statistics to prospective employees before salary negotiations. if an employer doesn't want to disclose that information, then they are free to not hire anyone.
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Re:Philadelphia Poised to Ban Employers from Asking Hires Ab... by lend000 on Saturday January 21, 2017 @07:31PM (#13452902)
Coercion is not freedom my friend -- anything with the word "Require" is a safe bet to be a confused argument for freedom.

But this would be a moot point regardless, because: https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm

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Re:Philadelphia Poised to Ban Employers from Asking Hires Ab... by vertex-four on Sunday January 22, 2017 @04:33AM (#13454430)
A functioning free market depends on getting as close to perfect information as you can get. You can either have a functioning free market, or freedom to hide information.
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