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Yes, this is my point though. The term has been defined in an ivory tower by people who seek to control other people's lives. The use of the term "Living Wage"
by CityOfThrowaway 4y ago
Yes, this is my point though. The term has been defined in an ivory tower by people who seek to control other people's lives. The use of the term "Living Wage" is a politically charged word that _implies_ it is a number that is required to be hit, but instead it is some number decided by an institution that would like persuasive numerical proof that their pet policies _must_ be implemented.
- mikestew 4y agoThe term has been defined in an ivory tower... So what measure would satisfy you? It would seem that numbers coming from people that study the topic extensively is too "ivory tower" for you, so what measure is acceptable?
- lucideer 4y agoThat wasn't your point, nor was it the point I was rebutting. I took no issue with the term "ivory tower" (of course all legislature does tend to come from them), but rather positing that what had emerged from that ivory tower "must be wrong if 60% of the people living in NY don't hit the standard. If the city was populated by 60% people who do not earn enough to live" - that's positing that people should be satisfied with subsisting, and anyone who says otherwise "must be wrong".