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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MethDozer · M

If you're job offering isn't able to afford the most basic of needs of a person than the job you are offering isn't worth creating and society doesn't need it.

sladejr · 56-60, M

@MethDozer

So don't take the job! 🐑🇦🇴

MethDozer · M

@sladejr I wouldn't but here is the thing. You shouldn't be allowed to pay say below a certain amount. Why? Because the ownership class has a history of working together to benefit their own class and keep wages as low as possible. If they all collectively decide to only offer $8 an hour than that's what everyone must except. And then $10 an hour seem great even though it doesn't meet anyone's basic need without mass overtime. The upper classes are allowed to organize and work collectively, so should the workers who actually make the world work.

Also the notion n people can just take or not take a job or leave for another is a myth. People can only take the job and pay that is available and that right there is why there needs to protections for workers. You know who doesn't need protections? The ownership class. The ones who own the power structure, wealth, and influence don't need protection. It's pretty simple and easy to understand and but then again you're the nitwit who proudly proclaims they don't read. You don't get to call people sheep when you willfully and proudly proclaim your ignorance.

sladejr · 56-60, M

@MethDozer

[quote]The upper classes are allowed to organize and work collectively, so should the workers who actually make the world work.[/quote]

Not to set maximum pay. That's called collusion.

You really should read more and post less. I am embarassed for you

MethDozer · M

@sladejr no that isn't what collision is nitwit. Guaranteed I have read more and varied sources and theories than you have. I'd bet every dollar on it.

Absolutely there should be a maximum wage in a fair and civil society. I know what post your referring to and capping a top earner at a company at 50 times what the bottom earner makes is entirely reasonable and sustainable. It isn't like that isn't done in a highly prosperous capitalist nation already.

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MethDozer · M

@sladejr shareholders, CEOS, and Investors aren't producers. The workers are the ones producing

sladejr · 56-60, M

@MethDozer

They are also rhe main Dhimmicrat constituents

MethDozer · M

@sladejr If you think the DNC is leftist or commie you're severely uneducated on what you're talking about and need to stop watching right wing propaganda

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Reason10 · 61-69, M

@MethDozer [quote]If you're job offering isn't able to afford the most basic of needs of a person than the job you are offering isn't worth creating and society doesn't need it.[/quote]

Some day, you will be old enough to actually work a real job. In the meantime, let me educate you.

A job is NOT there to assist society. It is NOT something people are ENTITLED TO. A job is basically labor you are getting PAID for. An employer needs your skills more than he needs the money he is paying you for those skills. And the amount he pays you COMPLETELY related to what your skills are worth. Your needs, your bills, your convenience, your happiness, NONE OF THAT IS THE EMPLOYER'S BURDEN.

If the employer isn't paying you enough, that's YOUR fault. The employer doesn't owe you a PENNY more that what your skills are worth. It's NOT his responsibility for you to be in a nice four bedroom house, with two brand new cars and six months every year of paid vacation.

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MethDozer · M

@Reason10 No it's not. You haven't learned anything in history or politics if you actually believe that.

Capitalist greed moved jobs to the far east.

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