Re:What harm do minimum wages do?
by jayd16 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @06:26PM
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A livable minimum wage is the only way someone can move on. If you're working in an unskilled job, living paycheck to paycheck, how are you going to improve that situation?
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Re:What harm do minimum wages do?
by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @06:29PM
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> If you're working in an unskilled job, living paycheck to paycheck, how are you going to improve that situation?
One of the most common ways people move on to higher-paying jobs in the workforce is by skills (not necessarily in “skilled labor” sense, but even just basic work habits) earned and/or demonstrated through work in lower-paying (even unpaid, though less that since the crackdown on unpaid internships) jobs. Minimum wage jobs, even when minimum wage does not meet any criteria for “living wage”, are absolutely part of that.
It's a lot easier said than done. There are a finite amount of management positions.
Re:What harm do minimum wages do?
by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @06:45PM
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Not all positions which aren't poorly paid are supervisory/management positions.
Of course, restricting employability at the bottom end proportionately reduces the number of supervisory/management positions needed.