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Originally Posted by ASU2003
There are plenty of other countries that have a rich upper class, and a poor bottom class. With very few people inbetween. In this country, you can work hard and move up. But college is getting so expensive that unless you become an engineer, lawyer, MBA, or doctor, you will have student loans for a long time.
As for the maximum wage, there are lots of people who it couldn't really be applied to fairly. Professional athletes, singers, movie stars, lotto winners, and lobbyists, some entreprenuers who can bring in millions of dollars a year, and not have any workers.
Yes, I agree that there should be a kind of profit sharing and some other benefits. Or a restructuring of companies where they are run like Whole Foods and REI. But, if the janitor at one company (Microsoft/Apple/AMD/Exxon)is making more than than the engineers and doctors, what incentive is there for people to learn and work hard?
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That's the argument everyone loves to give as to why CEO's and execs need to make 100x's more than the guy on the floor producing the goods. And the one everyone who is against any minimum wage or liveable wage uses.
It's BS. Yes you need to pay someone what their experience and skill level dictates, however, you also need to make sure that the janitor can feed his family, buy your product and can make enough to have a little nest egg, while being able to maintain paying all his bills on time.
So no wages don't even have to be close, they just need to be fair.
If you pay people more, invest in the infrastructure, train the workers and work on the health industry so that insurance is affordable to all and not bankrupting the nation, this nation can prosper again, and perhaps even better than ever.
But until that happens, this nation will continue to fall apart..... and even those so greedy they don't give a fuck about anyone or anything but themselves.... will eventually suffer. Maybe that is what it will take, but unfortunately those already at the bottom and nearing it will be in for worse.
We can change things now before they get worse. But the majority of the people need to find their voices and stop listening to the media and thinking the next great politician has the answers..... because those people will just say anything to keep their power. And part of keeping their power is keeping the average guy down and believing that politician (REP or DEM), religion or media has his best interest at heart, because in the end, those entities only have their interests and those who can afford to keep them in the lifestyles they desire at heart.