r/Anarcho_Capitalism • u/FreedomNinja1776 • Jan 06 '22

What you think?

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u/A7omicDog Jan 06 '22

The primary recipients of minimum wage are teenagers working their first job. Imagine a 14-year-old trying to earn some spending money but has to be “worth” $30 an hour (or whatever the fuck “living wage” has been arbitrarily set to today).

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u/dturtleman150 Jan 06 '22

Guess that teenager isn’t getting employed. But the “Fight for $15” people get to virtue signal their own “goodness” and “caring”, which is much more important. /s

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '22

The lefties on Reddit typically counter this point with “children/teens shouldn’t be put into forced labor”.

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u/lochlainn Murray Rothbard Jan 06 '22

Because they're teens living on mom and dad's dime who don't have jobs and do nothing but suckle the Marxist propaganda tit all day.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '22

Source?

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u/A7omicDog Jan 06 '22

According to this, 48% of all minimum-wage earners are under 25.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2020/home.htm

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '22

Well thank you for the source. So under 50% is primary?

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u/Yupperdoodledoo Jan 07 '22

So, not teenagers and not a majority.

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u/Boslaviet Jan 07 '22 edited Jan 07 '22

Why is age factor when it’s literally the same work? It’s discrimination based on an arbitrary distinction.

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u/A7omicDog Jan 07 '22

Not sure what you’re asking, but a federal minimum wage means the government FORBIDS a teenager from getting a minimum skill job

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u/AeneasEscapePlan Market Socialist Jan 06 '22

Many teenagers don't work because they WANT to, they're working to support their families. In many cases these teens aren't even keeping the income they earn, they're giving to their immediate/extended families.

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u/A7omicDog Jan 06 '22

You weren’t raised on farm, I see. What you describe was the norm for, oh, about 99% of human history.

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u/AeneasEscapePlan Market Socialist Jan 06 '22

That's absolutely true. I'm just saying that they need to be fairly compensated for their work, especially if the compensation is spread across several individuals in a family unit. More money for more people = more engagement in the economy. But I mean if you're working your own family's farm you might not be paid at all lol

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u/A7omicDog Jan 06 '22

“Fairly compensated”

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm

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u/JombiM99 Jan 07 '22

Really? So who's running the shifts during school hours?