Re:What harm do minimum wages do?
by zanny on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @10:09PM
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Getting paid less is a fine outcome assuming the NIT fulfills its purpose of guaranteeing a minimum standard of living.
It means the worker has voluntarily participated in selling their labor, even if its for a lower price than they would have made before, and they would always have the option to stop doing it and do something - anything - else.
If the NIT is insufficient to provide the necessities of life than its institution failed in its primary objective, albeit I would still argue any NIT is better than none because it raises the poverty floor some amount above zero.
It means the worker has voluntarily participated in selling their labor, even if its for a lower price than they would have made before, and they would always have the option to stop doing it and do something - anything - else.
If the NIT is insufficient to provide the necessities of life than its institution failed in its primary objective, albeit I would still argue any NIT is better than none because it raises the poverty floor some amount above zero.