Re:Seattle approves minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers
by baggy_trough on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @01:52PM
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If you think poor workers should make more money, then the government should give it to them. The last thing we should do is make it harder for them to retain a job, or penalize those that have provided the best job they have on offer. Preventing the low skilled from working stunts their career permanently.
Re:Seattle approves minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers
by lotsofpulp on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @06:16PM
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It’s due to voters wanting to help people without paying for it.
Goal: help people by increasing the amount of money they have
Politician A: I’m going to help people by increasing taxes and increasing cash given to people
Politician B: I’m going to help people by forcing business to increase pay and therefore keep taxes low.
Voters will choose politician B.
Same thing with higher education:
Politician A: I will help students by funding universities and keeping tuition low, but have to raise taxes.
Politician B: I will help students by increasing the amount of debt they can load up on and I will cut taxes by reducing funding for universities.
Politician B gets elected again.
And the industrialists who were forced to stop employing children in their factories.
And the owners who were forced to grant weekends and 8 hour workdays.
We have a long history of protecting workers from exploitation in this country. The weekend, prohibitions on child labor, OSHA standards, PPE, minimum wages, payment in US dollars, anti-discrimination laws, coverage for accidents on site, leaves for illness, etc. etc. etc.