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**Asianunta** · 11-01-2007, 09:30 PM

It isn't really a matter of how profitable the business is, but rather how much the labor is worth. To use a facile example, if you have a guy at your restaurant that cleans the bathrooms once per day, and you pay him $7.00 per hour, you might be happy with that. Now, if another guy walks in and wants to do that job as well and earn $7.00 per hour, you would have no use for him. You probably couldn't use him for minimum wage, either. But, if the guy said he'd work for a nickel per hour (and you put aside any moral reservations about paying that amount), you'd probably say "sure, what the hell, grab a mop."

First of all it doesn't answer my question. I really want to know what job is so unprofitable that it can't afford to pay more. The argument I usually get is that it would hurt small business because they can't afford it. I really want to know. I'm not fishing for anything.

11-01-2007, 09:30 PM	#22
Asianunta Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	It isn't really a matter of how profitable the business is, but rather how much the labor is worth. To use a facile example, if you have a guy at your restaurant that cleans the bathrooms once per day, and you pay him $7.00 per hour, you might be happy with that. Now, if another guy walks in and wants to do that job as well and earn $7.00 per hour, you would have no use for him. You probably couldn't use him for minimum wage, either. But, if the guy said he'd work for a nickel per hour (and you put aside any moral reservations about paying that amount), you'd probably say "sure, what the hell, grab a mop." First of all it doesn't answer my question. I really want to know what job is so unprofitable that it can't afford to pay more. The argument I usually get is that it would hurt small business because they can't afford it. I really want to know. I'm not fishing for anything.
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