Rich coming from a guy who owes his entire career to writers. I hate this smug piece of shit

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    Nobody is owed cheap or free labour either, but these smarmy smuglords never seem to talk about that quippy gotcha.

    “If minimum wage goes up, I won’t be able to afford to keep my business going” ok? Is there a law that says you have to have a business?

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        Oh yeah I know, it’s the goog old quote with “rich and poor alike have the freedom to starve.” - Or is there some deeper theory to it, which should be known?
        It’s just the cognitive dissonance that is very obvious with that specific argument, which has always struck me as odd