Minimum wage 2

The question as to whether or not the State should step into the determination of the minimum wage is quite tricky.

It is obviuos that the ideal situation is that salaries are as just as possible, so workers can be rightly compensated fo the jobs they perform. Unfortunately, when we analyze those work-related issues, our premise is that an entrepreneur is alwaysa wealthy person able to face whatever the salary set by the authorities. This is not always the case.

I think that the intervention of the State in determinig the minimum wage is to be encouraged, only because otherwise irresponsible unions will force the enterprises involved to close their doors. Enterprises where unions are oo powerful end up having more employees than they normally need, which is not fair for their owners.

We must strive not to fail into the trap, when we are discussing about work-related issues, of considering all employers as wealthy robots who don't care a bit about the well-being of their employees. After all, accepting a job is part of a contract which involves the consent of both the worker and the employer on the salary of the former.