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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by czep on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @09:57AM (#18121667)
> And employers don't need wages and money to "survive in the economy" ?

Not if they inherited it. The key idea here is asymmetry of power. When people are desperate enough that they would take a sub-minimum wage job, this doesn't necessarily imply a "voluntary exchange". If you're facing starvation or medical bankruptcy, you are essentially being coerced to take any job you can find.

Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by ttoinou on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:06AM (#18121773)
If you're worried about people being in bad situations, why do you think laws that would prevent them from improving their situation is a good idea ? What do you do with those that are not in this situation, yet still interested in the jobs you judge not good ? How can you make that judgment for others ?