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You are paid what you are worth, (most of the time.)

Let me count the ways:
1. You are NOT entitled to a job. You have to EARN the job. That means a job has to be open, you have to have the skills to perform that job and you have to be the best candidate for that job.
2. You are NOT entitled to that bullshit "living wage" which only exists in unicorn dwelling unemployed diploma mill grads. You live on what you make. If you want more, you have to work harder and smarter for more.
3. You are NOT entitled to make money based on how hard you work. You could slave in the sun, day after day, making mud pies. You wouldn't be worth a cent. PERIOD.
4. Your pay is based on you reaching a VOLUNTARY agreement with an employer. He wants you to work for free, or a dollar a day. You want to work for $100 a minute, with six months vacation and five Rolls Royces for a car allowance. Your pay is where you and the employer meet somewhere in the middle.
5. The best example of this in the real world is a hospital. A heart surgeon makes more money than the janitor. That's because the heart surgeon's skill is more valuable than that of a janitor.
6. The ONLY time you are paid more than you are worth is a situation created by minimum wage. (Or if you are on WELFARE.) If you are a total bozo, the state has mandated that you not be paid what you are worth, if it is a penny an hour, but rather a minimum amount. Of course, those who are REALLY stupid and incompetent are never hired if their skills are worth less than the minimum wage.
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I'm not against minimum wage because some don't pay a fair wage. I'm okay with guidelines. I agree with number 2.
Reason10 · 61-69, M
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[quote]I'm not against minimum wage because some don't pay a fair wage. I'm okay with guidelines. I agree with number 2.[/quote]

Define "fair wages." Who gets to decide that?
@Reason10 The government.
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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@Reason10 No, the government makes sure that all its citizens can participate in society, not just the strongest and wealthiest members. It steps in when and where the free market fails. Which in the past two decades has been in practically every area of the economy.

Your understanding of economics seems very limited.
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Sometimes the market can't be trusted either. I can see both sides. @Reason10
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@Reason10 The free market is simply an economic hypothesis. Economic systems (should) work in favour of people . . if they don't they are useless. Had the free market been allowed to run its natural course without government intervention in 2007-8, the system of residential mortgage financing would have imploded within days and social order would have been under severe stress.
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