Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees

Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by maeln on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:14AM (#18121861)

Except it doesn't work like this. Employment is not an unlimited supply, and when you have the choice between starving (yes some people do not have any money saved) and working for $7.25, you choose to work for $7.25.

Almost nobody who goes to work for a minimum wage job can afford to say "it's okay, I will find a better, high paying job later".

"Basic economy" is not an argument.

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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by philwelch on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @11:57AM (#18122829)

And if someone is incapable of producing more than $15/hr worth of value with their labor, should they remain perpetually unemployed and dependent on welfare? Or should they earn what they can and allow for public benefits to top them up to a survivable standard of living?

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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by maeln on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:20AM (#18128461)

Oh I completely agree that welfare should be there to help you to have at least a survivable standard of living.

But I don't think it is in anyway moral that a company pay their employee so less that they need public benefit to be able to survive.

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