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Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt... by ognarb on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:55AM (#25591571)
So if I set up a company and I'm paying my employees $4/hr, then the government need subsidizing $12/hr of my employees wage. This is completely broken, even more if the company is making tons of profit from paying their employees only $4/hr.
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Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt... by missedthecue on Thursday December 31, 2020 @12:46PM (#25594963)
As I outlined in my comment, no one would take a $4 an hour job. They'd incur a higher tax liability than if they went to the guy across the street offering $10, or whatever he paid before the policy passed. Businesses would continue to compete for labor. It would continue to be to the employee's benefit to take the highest paying job.
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Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt... by arcticbull on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:04PM (#25595196)
What makes you think they wouldn’t take a $4/hr job. You know the federal minimum wage for tipped workers is less than that yeah?

The fact that they don’t is only because they can’t, because minimum wage law.

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Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt... by missedthecue on Thursday December 31, 2020 @04:51PM (#25597577)
No one pays minimum wage as it is. In my state it's $7.25 and no one pays that. They're all in the $11-$15 range. If your theory was correct, all entry level positions would be paying $7.25.
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Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt... by arcticbull on Thursday December 31, 2020 @06:15PM (#25598362)
Nah, even a single one proves my case.
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