it’s a terrible habit but it doesn’t make you ugly

No, but it ages you quickly.

Imagine what the people doing this professionally do, since they know they won’t face the scrutiny of publication.

I recognize that neither party wants to raise it.

Much to the delight of people like you who don’t like worker protections.

You are right that I want to abandon minimum wage

And do absolutely nothing else.

You can try to rise minimum wages however much you want.

Congratulations that both parties agree with you that no one should be paid at all.

My point is that the supply of jobs has to be increased instead of setting a lower bound on wages.

And you have admitted that you have no solution in that direction. But you still want to abandon the only mitigation we have.

Focussing on minimum wages makes workers ignore how they are controlled and how they can increase their wages without having to rely on benevolence.

Frankly, I think you just want to abandon the minimum wage and I don’t trust anything else you’re saying on the matter. Put the measures you want in place first. Until then, fuck anyone who wants to forego raising the minimum wage to a livable wage. I get that exploiting workers is very popular among republicans, centrists, and anyone else who sees workers as resources to be exploited rather than people.

I have read the article, and I don’t see where it supports your disregard for the wages of people you consider beneath you.

I think I point out the obstacle to people making a living. There is no easy answer.

“Let the corporations exploit people” is a pretty easy answer. It requires no effort and you don’t have to waste time supporting the interests of those unwashed mental deficients you don’t want to earn a living.

Your second paragraph is an admission that you have no better ideas but want to abandon minimum wage anyway. That’s basically an admission that you don’t want people to be able to earn a living.

It’s the wrong side to tackle the problem.

I know. Workers having enough to live on instead of corporations and billionaires hoarding it all is a problem, huh?

Usually I argue that there shouldn’t be minimum wage

Shocker, that.

Condescending, like the other thread says, I can see that. How can there be contempt for something that people cannot change.

You see poor people and your first thought is how stupid they must be.

Scroll back up and read what you wrote, then.

Where is the contempt?

You don’t have the mental capacity to see it.

But mostly fuck poor people. Since that’s the most immediate priority.

If not you should reexamine which political label you have chosen for yourself and see if it actually matches your contempt for all who earn wages.

Nothing, if you’re either a centrist or a republican.

Hey genocide denialists:

What fires?

Then start with ag subsidies. But that’s if you’re serious about fixing the problem and don’t just want to punish poor people for being poor.

I’m just saying we shouldn’t be subsidizing them and purchasing them with public funds.

Then start with the ag subsidies, not the tiny joy that poor people can wring from life.

Minimum wage works for jobs where people are underpaid because they outcompete each other and drive prices down. It’s essentially a forced union for unskilled workers which is fair because they don’t have the mental capacity to organize themselves.

Can’t tell if centrist or republican.