On May 2, 2014 at 02:10, Ernie Gilman said...
The only ways to pay for a raise like that are either to fire some workers and overload others, or raise prices which will result in fewer customers.
It's just a fact: if you take a particular business situation and you suddenly have to pay more wages, you will make less money or go out of business. isn't this the most basic fact here?
That's a classic false dilemma. With a side of... oh, that's two false dilemmas.
Raising prices may result in fewer customers, or, it may not. This forum is replete with integrators saying they raised their prices and got no push back, if less questioning of their rates. Or they lost bad customers and got more good ones. So the raise rates = lost biz - always true notion is bunk.
There is also no consideration of scale or increment. If you raise your prices 100% you will probably lose customers. If you raise them 1% they may not even notice. If you and all your competitors raise your prices 5%, you may not lose any customers... or lose very few.
False dilemmas are a rhetorical tool, not a critical thinking tool.
