In recent years, there’s been a movement among the American Left to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. This is under the assumption that having a minimum wage helps workers and makes corporations pay their fair share. However, this is the opposite effect of a minimum wage, especially one that high. It keeps low-skilled (often black or other
Kevin Carson and I had a tiny Twitter fight on the wealth tax (taking place a few days ago as of August 21, 2020). He defended such an anti-individualist and authoritarian measure, and I criticized it. Twitter, however, is not the place for discussion (seeming to be nothing but a swamp of radicalism), and here I shall disprove the idea that a
En los últimos años, ha habido un movimiento entre la izquierda americana para aumentar el salario mínimo a 15 dólares la hora. Esto es bajo el supuesto de que tener un salario mínimo ayuda a los trabajadores y hace que las corporaciones paguen su parte justa. Sin embargo, este es el efecto contrario de un salario mínimo, especialmente uno tan
Kevin Carson y yo tuvimos una pequeña pelea en Twitter sobre el impuesto a la riqueza (que tuvo lugar hace unos días a partir del 21 de agosto de 2020). Él defendió una medida tan anti-individualista y autoritaria, y yo la critiqué. Twitter, sin embargo, no es el lugar para la discusión (que parece ser nada más que un pantano de radicalismo), y
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