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Originally Posted by KillerK
Shouldn't a business owner be allowed to pay the going rate? If people want to work for $1 or $2 an hour, why not let them?
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Individuals often
do not act in their best,
long-term interests for various reasons be it due to ignorance, greed, or more often than not, sheer necessity.That's ultimately why government, despite all its flaws, is necessary for any decent size civilization.
Without any government mandated minimum wage, along with numerous other labor standards, eventually there would be people working for near nothing in perilous conditions... possibly even for nothing in some instances just to preserve their job - and that's not theoretical either - there was a widely reported incident a few years back with British Airways asking employees to do just that - work for free!
Union anger as BA asks staff to work for free
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...ys-unpaid-work
BA asks staff to work for nothing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8102862.stm