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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Can someone please explain to me why so many people have endless compassion for the poor poor business owners, but are so quick to shout let them eat cake at workers?

You're not entitled to a successful business at the expense of exploiting others. What you should be entitled to is a living wage for your work.[/quote]

1.  A business is not always successful--especially a new one.  A just starting business is likely not successful and the owner is trying to build it into one that is.  Especially, with the pandemic, it is going to be more difficult for new start ups--and some formerly successful businesses.  Do you really think the shops at the mall and the local restaurants are doing well?

[b]If you can't afford to pay your workers, you shouldn't be in business. The answer to your business problems is not exploiting people for their labor and your enrichment. [/b]

2. You are assuming that the business owner is making a good living.  Some business owners are not even able to pay themselves at the beginning.

[b]I'm not assuming anything. I dont care what the business owner is making or not making. If you can't pay your employees m, then guess what? YOU DON'T GET EMPLOYEES. [/b]

3. A business that goes under is not employing anyone.   Do you not understand that?  Do you not understand that some people would rather have a low paying job than no job?

[b]Someone working a full time minimum wage job (let's be honest, probably more than full time) and struggling to make ends meet has no time to look for a better job. They'd be better off focusing on finding a job that can sustain them rather than getting stuck in a poverty cycle. That's what the social safety net is for.

Failing businesses should go under, and we shouldn't prop them up by allowing them to exploit poor people. They are a drain on the economy and aren't somehow helping the employees they are taking advantage of. [/b]

Do you really think that a business is successful and exploiting people just because it exists?  I suggest you drive around to some local shopping centers and warehouses and see the shuttered stores and other businesses.  At least, that is what I am seeing.

[b]When did I say a business is exploiting people just because it exists? What I said was that if you can't afford to pay a LIVING WAGE without your business failing, you already had a failing business model that was predicated on exploitation.[/b]

Also, do you think a 17 year old is entitled to a living wage?

[b]If they're working a full time job, performing the same work as the adults around them, why shouldn't they be? What does their age have to do with anything? Are you under the impression that there are no 17 year olds working to support their families?[/b]

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No words.  Scratching my head to think how anyone could ever hope to start a business with these rules.[/quote]

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