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Re:Amazon shortchanged drivers $61.7M in tips by mschuster91 on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:58AM (#26026488)
> It doesn't matter how hard people in the business think it is - it requires no credentials or education and there is no bar. That's just reality

It is indeed. But still, someone working on a farm full time should be able to live off of that income. If the farm cannot pay a living wage, its products are too cheap. If the farm can't get more for their product because foreign competition undercuts them - well, that is precisely for what tariffs were invented, to protect domestic industries from wage dumping.

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Re:Amazon shortchanged drivers $61.7M in tips by ntsplnkv2 on Thursday February 04, 2021 @01:14PM (#26028118)
Why?

You're asking a farmer to be subsidized by everyone else, but you're not saying why we should. Because economically, it's great that the farmer can have a living - not so great for the poor family that can't afford his overpriced produce.

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Re:Amazon shortchanged drivers $61.7M in tips by mschuster91 on Thursday February 04, 2021 @03:38PM (#26029511)
Then the government should take care that minimum wage is high enough that people can afford healthy food.
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