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This is such a bad idea, why would someone earning 150k in sf should earn the same in Deroit? It will just increase the price of living in cheaper area which wi
by Thaxll 6y ago
This is such a bad idea, why would someone earning 150k in sf should earn the same in Deroit? It will just increase the price of living in cheaper area which will create the same problem as in SF, you work in IT you're ok otherwise life gets too expensive.
- core-questions 6y ago> It will just increase the price of living in cheaper area Also seen by some as the value of their houses rising, which they might welcome; and this only happens if there's some demand from other workers to work remotely from their area, which brings money into the area's service sectors. This could breathe new life into many parts of the country that are currently without any particular reason to go on existing. I could see smaller townships deliberately incentivizing remote workers and designing things around them as a primary source of monetary influx.
- alfalfasprout 6y agoTypical shortsighted viewpoint... cost of living increases along with the economy. Those higher paid workers will then spend their dollars in the economy thus bolstering local businesses. So many places in the US would kill for an influx of high paid individuals to kickstart their economy.
- Thaxll 6y agoIt works until too many people are paid big salary, it increases the cost of living because of demand. You should talk to the people in the bay area.
- shuntress 6y agoYou already refuted this in your original statement. >why would someone earning 150k in sf should earn the same in Deroit? Just replace Detroit with [Some other place] and replace SF with Detroit
- paxys 6y agoWhy should two people adding the same amount of value to a company be compensated differently?
- Thaxll 6y agoThe same reason why states have different taxes, minimum wage etc... Then why working for Google in the UK is 2x lower than in SF? I don't know a single compagny that pay the same wage worldwide.
- corobo 6y agoWhat is that reason? e: removed the fluff, see child post
- dmurray 6y ago> I'm from the UK so we just have one tax You mean, you're from England. The other parts of the UK set their own taxes. https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/scottish-income-tax-and-national-insurance https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/scottish-i...
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- feu 6y ago>The other parts of the UK set their own taxes. That's not the case. Scotland is the only constituent country of the UK where powers to set income tax have been devolved. Income tax in Wales and Northern Ireland is still controlled by Westminster.
- paxys 6y agoEverything you mentioned is directly related to your physical location. Your state taxes you a certain amount, and (hopefully) spends it on services. Different states have different laws/politics/philosophies, so they tax you differently. Whether you work for Google from SF or Chicago makes no difference to the company as long as you are doing the same work. I'd argue that someone working for Google in the UK should also be paid the same.
- ironmagma 6y agoYou can already live in a cheap place and work in an expensive one.. it's called a commute. Companies don't pay less just cause you live 1.5 hours away. Why should they pay less for you to live 6 hours away?
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoIf tech was actually paying enough to raise the cost of living significantly over the entire country than people would flood to it lowering the pay enough that this was not an issue.
- cmdshiftf4 6y ago>people would flood to it lowering the pay enough that this was not an issue. This is already in progress and we'll get there before you know it.