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Posted on 08/31/2026 2:37:11 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
Other than the Founding era, the Progressive era is the most interesting era of U.S. history, its a shame that most people scoff at looking directly at it though. We have so much to learn from this era and all that it did to us and keeps doing to us to this day.
In modern times we are sold on ideas of things like a "living wage", not realizing that the idea is over 100 years old and rooted directly smack in the middle of progressivism.
In 1915, Father John Ryan wrote the book "A Living Wage", after being deeply influenced (in part) by the Pope's encyclical Rerum Novarum. Best I can tell, that Rerum Novarum is pure poison. Its toxic and anybody who reads it and agrees with it is permanently polluted in their brains. That's all I ever see from people exposed to it. In any case, here is the link if you are interested in where the "Living Wage" comes from.
A Living Wage: Its Ethical and Economic Aspects, by John A. Ryan
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A large part of me is sympathetic. It gets old reading these progressive era books and has an annoying factor to it.
The other part of me realizes Sun Tzu would be reading this book, perhaps even enthusiastically reading it.(or listening as needed)
I had a living wage, but I never knew what to feed it.
...To remedy these wrongs the socialists, working on the poor man's envy of the rich, are striving to do away with private property...
... Socialists, therefore, by endeavoring to transfer the possessions of individuals to the community at large, strike at the interests of every wage-earner, since they would deprive him of the liberty of disposing of his wages...
...For, every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own...
...we have further proof that private ownership is in accordance with the law of nature...
What about the rest of it?
I have a stay-at-home wife and numerous children. Would I get some kind of monthly stipend for each?? What will the government then do to help me when my fantastic income can no longer afford the consequent inflated cost of goods??
Or will this living wage only be for the layabouts-- a safety net, it will be called-- that will turn out just like the collapsing Social Insecurity system??
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A living wage put every welfare burden on business owners. If a living wage is set, there shouldn’t be any kind of government assistance whatsoever.
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