FTA: "Net neutrality closed down market competition by generally putting government and its corporate backers in charge of deciding who can and cannot play in the market. It erected barriers to entry for upstart firms while hugely subsidizing the largest and most well-heeled content providers."
https://fee.org/articles/goodb...
The true minimum wage is, and has always been zero dollars.
Minimum wage sets an absolute bottom to the amount for which an individual can trade his own labor.
A thing, (by the way) that can only be owned by the individual. (People proposing to control what can only be owned by the individual propose to be masters of slaves)
And if his labor is not worth that arbitrary amount, then the law forces him to be unemployed, or work 'under the table'.
And if the employer can not afford to pay that lawful amount, then, the business fails, (in many cases) and then, not only is there one jobless individual, but several.
All because someone thought they knew what was best for other people, and thought it so strongly that they were willing to hire someone with a gun to go make sure that their will was implemented to the letter. And if not, then someone would have their stuff taken away, they would be locked in a cage, or, in the worst cases, they would be killed for resisting this tyranny.
I will start with the assumption that I don't know what is best for other people. That they are the only ones who even CAN know what is best for them.
If someone agrees to work for some amount, I'm going to assume that they know what is best for themselves. And, assuming there is no coercion, everyone involved in the transaction is getting what they want.
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If the solution is government, the problem is freedom.
FTA: "Net neutrality closed down market competition by generally putting government and its corporate backers in charge of deciding who can and cannot play in the market. It erected barriers to entry for upstart firms while hugely subsidizing the largest and most well-heeled content providers." https://fee.org/articles/goodb...
If you think Government is the solution, it's because you think freedom is the problem. -- Alan Lovejoy
The true minimum wage is, and has always been zero dollars. Minimum wage sets an absolute bottom to the amount for which an individual can trade his own labor. A thing, (by the way) that can only be owned by the individual. (People proposing to control what can only be owned by the individual propose to be masters of slaves) And if his labor is not worth that arbitrary amount, then the law forces him to be unemployed, or work 'under the table'. And if the employer can not afford to pay that lawful amount, then, the business fails, (in many cases) and then, not only is there one jobless individual, but several. All because someone thought they knew what was best for other people, and thought it so strongly that they were willing to hire someone with a gun to go make sure that their will was implemented to the letter. And if not, then someone would have their stuff taken away, they would be locked in a cage, or, in the worst cases, they would be killed for resisting this tyranny. I will start with the assumption that I don't know what is best for other people. That they are the only ones who even CAN know what is best for them. If someone agrees to work for some amount, I'm going to assume that they know what is best for themselves. And, assuming there is no coercion, everyone involved in the transaction is getting what they want.