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If you assume wages can't go lower... Cannoli Send a noteboard - 29/06/2017 04:52:33 AM

Of course increasing the minimum wage is going to accelerate the rate of adoption of automated technologies. But unless you take the patently foolish view that there's no economic pressure to develop automation (there is) and that automation is only going to remain cost-effective at around $15 an hour (it's not), you're merely delaying the inevitable in any case.


Someone can always underbid the machines, once government is no longer mandating a minimum wage.

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Case study of the damage liberalism can do - $15 Min Wage Anonymous2000 - 27/06/2017 01:54:54 AM 1552 Views
Seattle is a poor choice for a case study damookster - 27/06/2017 05:31:18 AM 922 Views
Well, sure, but many of those non-entry level jobs are being held by baby boomers. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 06:09:40 AM 915 Views
That's at least in part because the minimum wage makes automation more cost-effective Cannoli - 27/06/2017 11:04:28 AM 804 Views
Exactly. If you have to pay people $15/hour as a McDonald's cashier, put in the robots instead. Tom - 27/06/2017 07:18:11 PM 873 Views
That is an incredibly silly argument. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 08:56:09 PM 876 Views
If you assume wages can't go lower... Cannoli - 29/06/2017 04:52:33 AM 906 Views
Many? damookster - 27/06/2017 12:30:39 PM 884 Views
Amen. Tom - 27/06/2017 07:21:47 PM 857 Views
Yes, many. My office is full of them. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 08:59:55 PM 795 Views
So is life. damookster - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 829 Views
Re: So is life. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 09:49:21 PM 823 Views
My father worked two jobs his entire working life. damookster - 27/06/2017 09:56:56 PM 840 Views
We have a 40 hour work week for a reason. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 10:17:15 PM 891 Views
That's a piss-poor analogy damookster - 27/06/2017 10:23:04 PM 817 Views
How is that really relevant, then? Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 11:03:34 PM 797 Views
I am really enjoying this new-fangled "like" feature we have now. *NM* Clover - 28/06/2017 12:13:42 AM 584 Views
*NM* Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 12:25:45 AM 457 Views
Personal choice damookster - 28/06/2017 12:20:47 AM 896 Views
Re: Personal choice Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 12:32:31 AM 882 Views
In theory I agree with your ideas about a living wage, however The Shrike - 28/06/2017 12:16:56 PM 902 Views
Very good questions Tom - 28/06/2017 03:01:02 PM 835 Views
FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY SPACE COMMUNISM. Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 07:49:59 PM 971 Views
Also, curtailing immigration, like keeping the minimum wage low, really only delays the inevitable. Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 11:05:58 PM 846 Views
damn *NM* damookster - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 530 Views
Just retire already, you luddite! *NM* Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 09:45:46 PM 527 Views
I wish. damookster - 27/06/2017 09:48:02 PM 871 Views
Bad life decisions lead to bad life consequences random thoughts - 28/06/2017 05:44:58 PM 819 Views
You also shouldn't respond to it by letting them die. Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 07:53:10 PM 845 Views
But this same arguement can be flipped by.... Jeordam - 28/06/2017 10:34:25 PM 908 Views
I feel like you're making my arguments for me here. Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 10:51:38 PM 931 Views
an apt comparison damookster - 28/06/2017 11:09:25 PM 798 Views
So everyone who "can't" nossy - 29/06/2017 09:49:41 AM 827 Views
ummm damookster - 29/06/2017 02:06:54 PM 759 Views
I know. And I disagree with you. nossy - 29/06/2017 04:58:45 PM 876 Views
Health care and minimum wage are different discussions damookster - 29/06/2017 05:14:07 PM 872 Views
I think nossy and I are ok with letting lazy people get by... Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 08:11:36 PM 838 Views
Si nossy - 29/06/2017 09:08:03 PM 853 Views
Who said that? damookster - 29/06/2017 09:47:32 PM 906 Views
Who said what? nossy - 29/06/2017 10:32:12 PM 793 Views
There is a huge difference.... Jeordam - 29/06/2017 05:10:05 PM 854 Views
Hyperbole is all well and good for internet memes but it really doesn' advance your argument. random thoughts - 03/07/2017 04:22:59 PM 764 Views
Why does McDonalds keep coming up in this? Cannoli - 29/06/2017 06:53:46 AM 983 Views
Nicely said. Or written. *NM* AgentApple - 29/06/2017 09:30:06 AM 490 Views
All right, so what society without minimum wage do you point to as a model? *NM* Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 09:39:12 AM 518 Views
How about "all the ones we had before the 20th century"? Cannoli - 29/06/2017 10:47:30 PM 980 Views
The ones where hunger and scarcity were widespread? Ghavrel - 29/06/2017 11:04:02 PM 821 Views
So just to put this out there... Jeordam - 29/06/2017 11:12:47 PM 818 Views
Re: So just to put this out there... Ghavrel - 30/06/2017 01:34:03 AM 769 Views
Yes, and me being SUCH a fan of urbanization... Cannoli - 30/06/2017 03:39:51 PM 997 Views
The example for this post was for Seattle, or perhaps King County only. damookster - 29/06/2017 11:49:32 PM 914 Views
"Attract labor"? Minimum wage labor? I believe you mean, violently repell businesses Cannoli - 30/06/2017 03:31:36 PM 871 Views
Like anything else not addressed in the Constitution, it should be up to state and local government damookster - 30/06/2017 05:22:51 PM 894 Views
I for one am entirely unsuprised. Common sense result. *NM* Urza - 27/06/2017 06:23:01 AM 557 Views
Seems like a methodology to identify struggling operations more than one to evaluate... Vodalus - 27/06/2017 10:25:30 AM 824 Views
But the traffic is the WORST. Clover - 28/06/2017 12:47:13 AM 933 Views
You are a Husky? TIL clover is one of the Huskies. Roland00 - 28/06/2017 02:26:46 AM 758 Views
Re: But the traffic is the WORST. Vodalus - 28/06/2017 10:38:54 AM 832 Views
Just to nitpick, Switzerland isn't exactly homogeneous. Legolas - 28/06/2017 10:28:01 PM 875 Views
Don't say "liberalism" - there's nothing liberal about them. Say "Leftism". *NM* Tom - 27/06/2017 05:07:36 PM 452 Views
I was thinking the same. Even in the US, that's a weird context to use that word in. *NM* Legolas - 27/06/2017 05:50:21 PM 483 Views
Most Americans have no idea about the historical context of Liberalism. The Shrike - 27/06/2017 06:03:38 PM 816 Views
But even so, surely even in the US the main connotation is with social progressives, not economic? Legolas - 27/06/2017 06:28:54 PM 828 Views
I think it started to change in the 1980s Tom - 27/06/2017 07:14:26 PM 710 Views
Re: I think it started to change in the 1980s Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 09:05:23 PM 807 Views
Whether or not their views are shitty is a subjective determination Tom - 27/06/2017 11:15:22 PM 845 Views
A decade under conservative deans would fix the situation nicely, I think. Ghavrel - 27/06/2017 11:24:41 PM 771 Views
Yes! I wonder what Dean Wormer from Faber is doing these days... *NM* Tom - 28/06/2017 12:03:46 AM 372 Views
So I've been thinking through this whole minimum wage thing.... Jeordam - 28/06/2017 05:47:26 PM 899 Views
It varies fairly significantly from location to location. MIT has a decent calculator. Ghavrel - 28/06/2017 07:56:41 PM 1366 Views
Re: So I've been thinking through this whole minimum wage thing.... Cannoli - 29/06/2017 05:08:56 AM 913 Views
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