Re:Seattle's minimum wage may actually cost restaurant workers
by dagw on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @08:33AM
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A minimum wage seems like an attempt to compensate for weak labor collectives and the lack of a safety net. Sweden, for example, has no minimum wage, but a combination of strong unions/labor collectives and decent unemployment benefits manage to keep wages up anyway.
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Re:Seattle's minimum wage may actually cost restaurant workers
by KekDemaga on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @10:11AM
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My concern minimum wage wise is simply that firms seem to use social programs to subsidise wages, rather than a minimum wage I'd like to see the tax write off removed for wages below the cost of living. Below the poverty line I'd like to see employers pick up the entire tax bill of their workers.