Why should someone on minimum wage be able to afford a medium-quality 2-bedroom rental? Do we have no room in our society for people who don't need much more than a low-quality one bedroom? or even roommates? I've lived with roommates for years and it's great.
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Not in any way. They just have income to spend on what they want beyond very basic necessities
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Heck yeah! Either that or they aren't hired.
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People will have their family regardless of whether they can afford to, which is a great way to get a new generation of people who can't afford families. Trying to help people afford families is probably sound long term economic planning.
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Great point, rogue. The jist if what Aella is getting at, IMO, is that the bar set by the left for their "necessities" is somewhat high *compared to what savvy people can figure out*. Unfortunately, govt programs cannot count on the masses being savvy.
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This makes absolutely zero sense.
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The person willing to work for a shitty wage isn't helping you, they're making you poorer by making your next job pay worse. Not sure why you;re rooting for them.
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Bro dead on
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What do you mean ‘down to work for less’? Surely you, relatively versed in decision theory, don’t think people would choose to work for less? I think you mean creating jobs for people who aren’t able to earn minimum wage (e.g. under 18s). 1/
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‘Allowing’ ppl to work for less: monopolistic companies would exploit that to pay u18s for adult jobs & collect profit (pretty Victorian really). That’s why we have minimum wage etc and why people can’t be ‘allowed’ 2 work for less. It’s a game theory strategy to increase wages.
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That seems like a disingenuous way to phrase the question. It should be obvious that we aren’t outlawing people. We’re outlawing paying less than some might be willing to work for.
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