[quote=CA renter]
In a truly free market, people would have the right to refuse something. With jobs, people do not have the ability to refuse whatever is offered to them simply because they need a job — any job they can possibly get — in order to survive. That is the figurative gun that is being held to their heads.
The employer-employee relationship has two sides, but only one (the employer) really has the power to refuse something if they don’t like the terms. [/quote]
Not true. In many of those countries without safety nets, they don’t have alternatives. They cannot open a business. Here, in the USA, sans so government red tape, getting baseline funding for business isn’t difficult. It’s almost as simple as getting a liar loan.
Having the skills to do something, that’s the hard part.