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What is so wrong with libertarians?

It is still possible to observe and see the issues mentioned in this subreddit regarding working rights, conditions, pay, and so on, but to also believe that the solution may come from a different place. Imagine this for a second: before we do any sort of minimum wage/salary/other government mandate to improve work conditions, we simply get rid of subsidies and bailouts. This leaves employers without a safety net, meaning that when they lose an employee, they don’t recover the value they would have had otherwise. That could easily be considered a libertarian solution that makes the market more free, but nonetheless hugely benefits the worker. Maybe we should flip it on its head: No-one wants to hire because they receive so many bailouts. Companies should pull themselves up by the bootstraps, and earn their employees by providing an enticing place to work.


It is still possible to observe and see the issues mentioned in this subreddit regarding working rights, conditions, pay, and so on, but to also believe that the solution may come from a different place.

Imagine this for a second: before we do any sort of minimum wage/salary/other government mandate to improve work conditions, we simply get rid of subsidies and bailouts.

This leaves employers without a safety net, meaning that when they lose an employee, they don’t recover the value they would have had otherwise. That could easily be considered a libertarian solution that makes the market more free, but nonetheless hugely benefits the worker.

Maybe we should flip it on its head: No-one wants to hire because they receive so many bailouts. Companies should pull themselves up by the bootstraps, and earn their employees by providing an enticing place to work.

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