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Do the young, disabled, and felons deserve to suffer so you can get a coffee for 50c cheaper?

And you forgot immigrants, the other large group working minimum wage jobs.



Good point re: immigrants! I was making an inflation/wages argument, not a value-based one here. The prevailing minimum wage (for 95% of "low skill" jobs) is significantly different than federal minimum wages.


I think my point was actually a little off as well. Framing it as someone suffering for your cheap goods. Some things ARE like that. Fast fashion's $6 t-shirts come to mind. But service industry stuff like your cup of coffee - it's usually more like: does someone have to suffer so that you can get your cup of coffee and someone can become VERY rich off it.




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