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Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by ryandrake on Friday May 29, 2015 @06:09PM (#9627798)
There's no wage too low that _someone_ won't take it. The only limits we have are minimum wage and public assistance. Without those, if employers offered $0.10/hr, people would be still lined for blocks to take the job when the alternative is nothing.

Longer-term payoff is meaningless when you can't meet your short-term goal of eating.

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Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by coolnow on Friday May 29, 2015 @07:49PM (#9628230)
"$0.10/hr, people would be still lined for blocks to take the job when the alternative is nothing."

Are you serious? You could find more money on the floor than work at a job like that.

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Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by serge2k on Friday May 29, 2015 @10:28PM (#9628621)
No, he's right.

Of course we call places that pay like that sweatshops.

Let's just start paying people in company scrip.

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