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In reply to the discussion: Sorry... a $15 minimum wage is too high [View all]Chan790
(20,176 posts)The person in Peru is just going to see a more substantial gain than the person in NYC. They're both going to see a gain...the larger gain in Peru does nothing to harm the person in NYC.
Seeking equality and fairness in outcomes is part of the problem, never the solution...it presupposes that every gain is offset by someone else's equivalent loss. That's not true. There is someone who is seeing a loss here and it's me as the business owner...and trust me when I say it's not even close to equal to the gain by the worker.
The person who lives in NYC is perfectly free to move to Peru for the greater gain, if they so choose. That is entirely different than having their job relocated to Peru without their input so that some business owner can continue to pay them the same minimum wage they receive now. (Which is the outcome of the solution you favor.) Their lesser gain is entirely because they choose to live someplace with a higher cost of living...for that matter, I live in a 5000sqft mansion in W. CT on a mountain top. My 3.5 acre backyard (at approx. $1M/acre) probably costs more than all the real estate in rural Peru, Indiana too. My cost of living is higher than what it would be in rural Indiana too...that's because W. CT is a much nicer place to live.