system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
If America got rid of the minimum wage, what's the lowest hourly wage corporations could get away with?
gpt
Only around 2% of American workers earn the federal minimum wage. Even among workers who are 16-19 years old, only 8% earn minimum wage. And a significant portion of minimum wage earners work for small businesses, not big corporations. So even if the minimum wage went away, corporations couldn't get away with paying much less. Even with the minimum wage in place, corporations have to offer higher wages to attract workers.