> SA wrote:
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> Shag, what minimum wage would you propose? Personally, I've always wanted
> to live in a townhouse in the Village, so I would say at least ~$50.
> Thoughts?
$50/hr ~ $100,000/yr. That won't get you into an outhouse in the Village.
Yes, I know. Minimum wages are generally found in countries with weak unions
> and unequal labor markets. Countries with strong, centralized union wage
> bargaining generally don't have minimum wages. The German debate about
> introducing a minimum wage is a symptom of the ongoing decentralization -
> i.e., the Americanization - of the wage bargaining process. Whoops! there I
> go again, romanticizing Europe because I want to fuck Jean Seberg. Sorry.
Jean Seberg: from Iowa and dead. Eww!
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