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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by sokoloff on Friday December 28, 2018 @07:13PM (#18780564)
Where their employees choose to live is not an externality caused by the business IMO.
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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by AlexB138 on Friday December 28, 2018 @07:26PM (#18780667)
Choosing to open a business that pays minimum wage in an area without housing that is affordable for minimum wage workers inherently generates traffic, doesn't it? I don't have a very solid opinion on all this, honestly, but it seems logical. What do you think?
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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by sokoloff on Friday December 28, 2018 @07:30PM (#18780694)
I suppose that choosing to open a business not in someone’s house generates traffic.

The alternative is not Walmart paying stickers $50K/yr. The alternative is no or fewer Walmart jobs in locales with these laws. IMO, that makes things worse, not better, for prospective Walmart employees.

I also feel like where I live is none of my employer’s business, provided I can do the job. Maybe I’d make an exception for fire or police, but even there I’d rather not make the employer totally paternalistic.

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