[B-Chan]

Non ligabis os bovis terentis in area fruges tuas — Deuteronomy 25:4

[rogue yam]

I'm not sure I understand the point of this post.

[sageb1]

"making a living"

Do any of us really need more than that? Really nice article, B-Chan.

[hsalaw]

What does this have to do with cows (kine)?

[IslandJeff]

Market forces, world events, and the unpredictability of the real world guarantee that some businsses fail each year, throwing thousands of workers and managers onto the streets without a regular wage

The alternative is to structure our businesses so that the fear of destitution due to sudden unemployment fades to its lowest natural value

What determines a "natural value"?

[sinanju]

One wonders what the author thinks about hiring illegal aliens?

That's all about paying the least possible wages, but politically correct bleeding hearts prefer not to see it that way, and this heart seems to be of the most sanguinary.

[conservative cat]

Nicely written. I agree. I am a proponent of capitalism, but I believe in ethical and moral capitalism and treating employees like garbage is neither.

[RoadTest]

"give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me:
lest I be full, and deny thee,

and say, Who is the LORD?
or lest I be poor, and steal,
and take the name of my God in vain."

Proverbs 30:8,9

[Miss Marple]

Admirable folks, you have there, B-Chan. Two things I would point out:

1. The employees with "bad attitude" are, I trust, not working with the public.

2. When a business becomes a publicly traded corporation, investors look at the bottom line. Hence the layoffs at Ford, the re-structuring of GM, the divestiture of unprofitable segments of corporations, etc. Many, if not most investors pay no attention to the well-being of the work force. Their concern is with a profitable turn on investment.