RE: Restaurants In Ontario To Add Surcharge To Your Bill
The older I become, the more enslaved I feel. Every aspect of my life, needs government approval. I was helping out a friend at his restaurant speaking with a company to that hand delivers menu. I just found out, he needs a license to drop his menu's at people's doorsteps. The government will collect money from you any which way it can. A lot of people support this because they do not want to be responsible for alot of things as it's a lot of work. Eventually when we get to the point when government controls everything entirely, and you are literally enslaved, it will be too late to do anything. You won't have any power or freedom remaining.
There is an argument for everything but I believe minimum wage is an infringement of free market economy. Let every employer pay what they want, they will learn that they are over paying or underpaying.
I'd upvote you twice @aaagent but steemit won't let me. hahaha
You're 100% correct brother. :)
It is the nature of Capitalism to keep labor costs as close to zero as possible. If unions are (functionally) outlawed as they are in much of the USA today, then gov't has to intervene to protect workers' rights to fair compensation.
There is no universal fair compensation. If you are willing to accept x amount and employer is willing to pay x amount, that is fair. If you realize x is lower than your peer, you will ask for more, leave, or suck it up (this will affect performance). If you leave and many others leave because of what they deem unfair pair, pay will increase. If the employer realizes he is paying too much, he will fire people, cut their pay or find cheaper workers willing to accept more.
I believe government should protect our right to live and co-exist. Very basic means. Protect our right to fair compensation? Who determines fair compensation? Do we need to hire an employee to manage that determination of fair compensation? How much will I have to bribe the fair compensation worker for them to bring the number to a number I consider fair in my industry? I have seen my family pay bribes to politicians just to stay in business, not even for a benefit.
The more government, the more corruption, and the less free market you will have.
Nothing in life is free and it's this type of mindset that is destroying our society.