Tiered minimum wage?

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I could go on and on. The minimum wage is a socialist concept. Let the free market decide wages, and let individuals negotiate their own salary without interference from government.

if the govt wouldn't have interfered in the first place, employers would be willing to be honest with people, and negotiations. now every potential employer looks at situations like the air traffic contollers, and knows they have the govt's backing. maybe there ought to be a cap on the amount of profits anyone can make, that way the money is distributed more equally. and not some company C.E.O making 20 to 40 million a year, while the everyday joes that work for him make 40,000 a year. does that really seem fair to anyone?

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by dmek25

if the govt wouldn't have interfered in the first place, employers would be willing to be honest with people, and negotiations. now every potential employer looks at situations like the air traffic contollers, and knows they have the govt's backing. maybe there ought to be a cap on the amount of profits anyone can make, that way the money is distributed more equally. and not some company C.E.O making 20 to 40 million a year, while the everyday joes that work for him make 40,000 a year. does that really seem fair to anyone?

Money should be distributed equally?

Let me ask you this: Should a landscaper who cuts grass make as much as a brain surgeon?

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Money should be distributed equally?

Let me ask you this: Should a landscaper who cuts grass make as much as a brain surgeon?

that is definitely not my point. i mean when a company has profit, the money should be more equally divided, not the C.E.O and the board members raking in millions, while the working force makes 40.000 or so a year. the imbalance between the officers and workers is greater here in the U.S than in any other country. yes, i do think they deserve the bigger chunk of the profits. but to tell me that they are that much more important to the company, then i am, is absurd.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by dmek25

that is definitely not my point. i mean when a company has profit, the money should be more equally divided, not the C.E.O and the board members raking in millions, while the working force makes 40.000 or so a year. the imbalance between the officers and workers is greater here in the U.S than in any other country. yes, i do think they deserve the bigger chunk of the profits. but to tell me that they are that much more important to the company, then i am, is absurd.

All right, let me put it a different way -- should the parking lot attendant at Fed Ex Field make as much as Santana Moss? Should their pay be more equal?

It is no different from the CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation and the auto worker -- one is infinitely more valuable than the other, and one can be easily replaced by another. Most people can weld two sheets of metal together. Not many can plan, tactically manage profits, organize budgets, hire effectively, and provide leadership in economically difficult times.

By the way dmek, you probably make more than me.

[RobH4413]

I just wrote a friggin book for a response...

and it all got deleted some-how...

there will be a response coming later today, but im really frustrated right now.

man, this could almost get it's own "f" thread....