> A private company has every right to compensate its employees with its private capital anyway it wants ... This is a common kind of one-sided argument. For t

> A private company has every right to compensate its employees with its private capital anyway it wants ... This is a common kind of one-sided argument. For the sake of argument [1], let's say I grant than an organization has the rights and freedoms like you say. There is another side to it: employees have rights and freedoms too. In a democracy, people can and should use their influence and political power to address their concerns. [1]: Employers do not have "every right" to compensate employees "anyway it wants". As one example, see the Equal Pay Act: https://www.eeoc.gov/equal-paycompensation-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/equal-paycompensation-discrimination .