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		fizixer on April 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Will minimum wage hikes lead to a huge boost in au... My response, as a minimum-wage hike supporter, to those CEOs who say "if you raise minimum wage, we'll automate": "Good! get off your lazy ass and make some technological progress!" That also means we should raise minimum-wage more often.

rwjwjuwjudf on April 3, 2016 [–]

Yes, if humans are only being used in place of machines because human labor is cheaper, then we should make human labor more expensive.

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