> If they can't find work elsewhere, how are these jobs not good enough?
That same argument also argues that a job for $1 per hour is reasonable, or that a dangerous job is OK. Do you believe that jobs need minimum standards to protect the most powerless in our societies? Most first world countries accept that restrictions are necessary, and many restrictions have come about to avoid the gross abuses that occurred without restrictions.
All minimum standards hurt some proportion of potential employees, and any one average individual may have a significant marginal gain by ignoring the standard.
The judgement to be made is about whether the potential for benefits is realised, and how much the harms are restricted, and how much the harms are not concentrated on particular subgroups.
I believe the fix is to give people a minimum safety net, like UBI and single-payer healthcare, instead of banning jobs that don't meet certain financial requirements.
The issue is that some people are desperate so that's what should be addressed, not that Uber only pays $x/h to a college kid that wants to make some money on the side to go out with friends.
That same argument also argues that a job for $1 per hour is reasonable, or that a dangerous job is OK. Do you believe that jobs need minimum standards to protect the most powerless in our societies? Most first world countries accept that restrictions are necessary, and many restrictions have come about to avoid the gross abuses that occurred without restrictions.
All minimum standards hurt some proportion of potential employees, and any one average individual may have a significant marginal gain by ignoring the standard.
The judgement to be made is about whether the potential for benefits is realised, and how much the harms are restricted, and how much the harms are not concentrated on particular subgroups.