[TChris]

This assumes that there is very little or no profit in the business. Which in most cases is not true. I say the guy keeps all 50 and does without the third house on the beach.

In many business ventures, there is little or no profit. That's why so many fail, and take the investors' money with them. That risk of losing everything is balanced out by the possibility of making a profit.

But you may be right, and some business owners certainly are greedy. But in the overall scheme of things, very few businesses are wildly successful. Even if they are, who are we, or the government, to force that employer to spend the money where we (they) want him to?

What if I think you should pay me more to work on your computer, and that you don't really need that fourth or fifth rifle? Should I have the authority to force you to pay me more?

It all depends on your point of view.

[reflecting]

thank you for the thoughtful response...having had a little experience in starting a small business I agree that it is very risky and not for the faint of heart if you don't have mounds of capital behind you.

but I wonder, would Wal-mart really go bust if they paid everyone $15.OO an hour? Let's see that would be about $25,000.00 after taxes for full time... I wonder.....is that enough to support a family with?

[BMiles2112]

Well put, made my post somewhat redundant.