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She's presumably paying the nanny some kind of market rate. If instead she were to bump the pay up well above market rate, she would either attract significant
by alethiophile 9y ago
She's presumably paying the nanny some kind of market rate. If instead she were to bump the pay up well above market rate, she would either attract significant competition over that particular nanny job (presumably not the goal), or be effectively giving a large cash handout to someone basically on the basis of happening to be around at the time. It doesn't seem obvious that this is a useful or desirable course of action, either on the basis of addressing inequality in the economic system or optimizing your interpersonal relationships.
(Also, I feel like I may have some kind of disconnect here, because I'm not anywhere near those income levels, but $6 bread doesn't scan as horribly unreasonable to me.)
- stcredzero 9y agoor be effectively giving a large cash handout to someone basically on the basis of happening to be around at the time Or be paying someone in exchange for value. Loyalty and discretion are valuable. Why shouldn't someone compensate someone for that?
- alethiophile 9y agoIf you're paying that particular nanny for exceptional value that is provided on the basis of her individual relationship with you, that's great and a good idea. If you're paying it to whoever the nanny happens to be because you feel guilty about being rich, that's got less of a rationale behind it.
- DougWebb 9y agoI can't imagine any parent hiring a nanny to care for their children who would hire "whoever the nanny happens to be". Your point is valid for a lot of other cases, but not this one.
- stcredzero 9y agoIf you're treating the nanny as fungible, then you should feel guilty about being rich, and hiding your bread price tags isn't going to help you!
- 3pt14159 9y agoI like tempered capitalism, but sometimes communities are just better if we're not ashamed to pay over market rate if we can afford it. I straight up don't care that my tip for a coffee is a buck and a quarter for a $2.75 coffee, cafe workers don't make enough money.
- kafkaesq 9y agoOr be effectively giving a large cash handout to someone basically on the basis of happening to be around at the time. "Doing right by those around me, even if it doesn't change the whole world" is another way you could look at it. I agree that it seems she's a bit over-triggered by that $6 loaf of bread, at least.