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I think the USSR tried a living wage. After 80 years of a living wage they had to line up every morning for their stipend of a loaf of Bread and a Bar of Soap.
by hourislate 10y ago
I think the USSR tried a living wage. After 80 years of a living wage they had to line up every morning for their stipend of a loaf of Bread and a Bar of Soap.
While I believe people should be paid fairly, it would be difficult to implement and carry out successfully as history has proven.
- gleenn 10y agoI believe you're conflating 'living-wage' with communism. Those are pretty different animals.
- Sacho 10y agoRussian people were dirt poor because the USSR spent a majority of their economic fruits to subsidize strategic communist allies in order to keep them loyal. A lot of the other communist bloc countries were pretty well off until this subsidy stopped.