OTOH, for all lemmy harps about the minimum wage, almost no one gets paid that.
Is that cause or effect? I.e., is nobody paid that because it’s ridiculously low and hasn’t kept up with inflation? If minimum wage was $0.01, then the number of people paid minimum wage would be 0%, but I don’t think that’s a good thing.
If we implemented reasonable a UBI then I could actually see eliminating minimum wage laws. There’s not much reason to have a minimum wage if everyone is already guaranteed a minimum income.
Is that cause or effect? I.e., is nobody paid that because it’s ridiculously low and hasn’t kept up with inflation? If minimum wage was $0.01, then the number of people paid minimum wage would be 0%, but I don’t think that’s a good thing.
If we implemented reasonable a UBI then I could actually see eliminating minimum wage laws. There’s not much reason to have a minimum wage if everyone is already guaranteed a minimum income.