(.c.o.n.)

Does there exist a valid argument (or arguments) for why we shouldn’t mandate all employers pay their employees enough to where there’s always a sufficient amount for food & a roof over their head? A wage that, if we are to continue to use a capitalist economic system, ensures that all who willingly participate in such a system with their labor are neither starving nor without shelter?

My opinion is “no,” there exists no such argument(s). To do so would be to argue the merits of homelessness and starvation as natural consequences of employment. How does that make sense? It should be just the opposite.

However, if there does exist an argument or arguments to defend this position, I’m all ears, er, eyes. I would like to see how you make this work without appearing as something other than a human being.

(on reddit)