RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help
June 16, 2021 at 8:22 pm
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2021 at 8:23 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 16, 2021 at 6:47 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(June 16, 2021 at 5:48 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Why not? You're already paying for nostalgia in a way that amounts to local tourism. You could go to Old Timey Small Town Feels world for all of that merchandise, and get a lower price for it, -and- they can afford to pay their labor a better rate. Will all of the people who live there who are not working in that tourism sector and who are working for employers which can pay a higher wage not spend those higher wages there?
The death of small town america is a feature of capitalism, not a bug. A good thing. Mom and Pops are just so many inefficient operators wasting labor and capital, and the american consumer demanded better.
I assure you I am not living in a tourism town...not even close.
I know what you mean when you say that, but I only mean that if your town banded together to save a feeling, that's a product entirely like any tourist spot. That's what tourism looks like from the providers point of view. That's what's being paid for.
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