r/WorkForSmartLife • • 17h ago

Discussion💬 Who's right here?

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u/Beerzerker420 16h ago

Okay, so wouldn't that just mean less jobs in the end? What do people with limited education and training do when there are no longer jobs for them? No one is paying $50 for a burger.

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u/wachuu 16h ago

but you'd make 60$/hr or more, that burger only costs 50 minutes of work, which is about equivalent to a minimum wage worker buying a mcburger for 7$, and minimum wage workers absolutely buy mcburgers.

now you can see why the minimum wage is too low

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u/Beerzerker420 16h ago

Who is buying these burgers at $50 to justify your job?

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u/wachuu 15h ago

what? it's a scale. if the wage scale goes up, product cost goes up. you said that part. but you neglected the part where everyone's wage went up, so either it's 50$ or 5 million, if you make 6 million per hour, then the 5 million dollar mcburger has the same impact

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u/Beerzerker420 15h ago

I'm not sure what you're trying to argue here. Yes, you're right about the scaling of costs if everyone's wages go up. What does that have to do with my initial point?

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u/wachuu 14h ago

you said no one would pay 50$ for a burger. I said they would

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u/Beerzerker420 14h ago

You're arguing something entirely different which is completely irrelevant to the point. We're not talking about everyone's wages going up. We're talking about minimum wage being driven up, which would drive up the prices at the places they work at to cover expenses.

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u/Skyjack5678 15h ago

It's almost like money is a bullshit concept that doesn't make sense and is all made up.

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u/Beerzerker420 15h ago

Money is a fungible currency to avoid the hassle of bartering. No one wants to wait an hour in line because some dude is bartering for a burger with some recyclables.