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So upskill and get a better job? $1,000 to flip burgers? Ain’t no ROI - you’ll be replaced by a robot even quicker.

my dear guy, you really need to spend some time this year and learn economics and i dont say this in a vile or mocking way but you will understand why a burger flipper cannot making 1000$ per hour unless everyone else is making 2000$ per hour after you finish an economics course

I would think politicians would need to understand economics considering they are making policy.

Effectively, it is illegal for two consenting adults to agree to $19/hour in exchange for work. They can have sex, drink beer, smoke weed, and make a baby but determining between the two of them a value less than a Andrew Jackson is a crime.

Does that seem right to you?

its not about what seems right, it is about what eventually turns out to be right, this is why you need to learn economics

It's probably at least $1,000/hour in original 1792 dollars.