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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by eastWestMath on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @03:41AM (#14399561)
Relatively higher paying jobs have relatively more competition. The lowest paying jobs (minimum wage) will always have the least competition.
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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by erikbye on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @05:08AM (#14399885)
This does not seem to be a universal truth. Time and again I see news stories of grocery store type jobs (or McDonalds) getting hundreds of applicants.
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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by Consultant32452 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @09:03PM (#14406834)
That's because the minimum wage is higher than the market value for many of those people's productivity. Without a minimum wage anyone willing to do work would more quickly be able to find paying work. And anyone who is productive will quickly move up the pay scale.
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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by eeZah7Ux on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @09:58AM (#14401198)
The opposite is true.
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Re:Alone on the Open Road: Truckers Feel Like ‘Throwaway Peo... by mcguire on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @10:10AM (#14401284)
That's why they pay so much; it's econ 101.
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