>you’re going to have to explain why business owners are entitled to the surplus value created by their workers’ labor My workers didn't put their names on the

>you’re going to have to explain why business owners are entitled to the surplus value created by their workers’ labor My workers didn't put their names on the loans necessary to start the business. My workers are free to walk away from the business if someone else gives them a better pay rate, or if they just decide they don't want to do the job anymore. They don't get stuck holding the bag if someone's sick or has a personal emergency. I want to pay the folks working for me well and appropriately, but if the whole thing blows up in our faces, the worst they have to deal with is finding a new job, where an owner has to find a way to pay off any outstanding loans and whatnot. Obviously it's not right to fleece your workers and pocket giant gobs of cash, but at the same time they did not take the risk in opening the business and thus the owners should get more. If they want the extra surplus value of their labor, then I would encourage them to start their own business.