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On what grounds should an unrelated party (furyg3) force their will on two voluntarily trading parties, blocking their (presumably mutually beneficial, since voluntary) transaction?

That's a strangely oppressive, i-know-best-what's-good-for-you position.



On what grounds should an unrelated party (the government, via labor law) force their will on two voluntarily trading parties, blocking their transaction?

Because wage slavery exists and you can't shrug your shoulders and say "well, they're choosing to work for peanuts so it's fine!".


I'm sure this was all done above-board (i.e. in compliance with the local wage laws)


I think this is a moral question, and I don't see anyone suggesting that it is a legal question.

Just because something is legal does not make it right.


local wage laws are often set by governments who have been bought by corporations that benefit from the wage laws...




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