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I find the notions of 'underemployed' or 'underpaid' to be pretty silly. It's non-sensical to think people deserve some minimum amount of money regardless of ho
by tseabrooks 16y ago
I find the notions of 'underemployed' or 'underpaid' to be pretty silly. It's non-sensical to think people deserve some minimum amount of money regardless of how much perceived value they bring to their employer.
- davidw 16y ago> It's non-sensical to think people deserve some minimum amount of money regardless of how much perceived value they bring to their employer. Some people might argue that they deserve some minimum amount of money (or equivalent assistance): but not necessarily from the employer. Want to pay some teenager $2 an hour? Ok, fair enough. If you're paying a guy that who's trying to support a family, he probably needs extra help from somewhere. Advocates of no minimum wage tend to gloss over that fact. But then again, these discussions have gone round and round on the internet for ages and they don't get resolved. I'd rather see them extirpated from this site.
- shawndumas 16y agoTotally agree. A correlated mistake is the Labor Theory of Value [1]. As if any persons' effort -- no matter how misguided, ineffectual, or undesired -- merited anything; much less a comfortable lifestyle. Give people money because you think being a human is valuable, or because it will assuage your guilt, or for any other none economically damaging excuse. It's more honest and a better system. ---- [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_theory_of_value http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_theory_of_value