Sorry, no deal. I won't play the minimum wage game. This is a matter of morality.
Christian morality says that if a man is not paid a living wage it is one of the sins that cries out to heaven for vengeance. The bible says God will hear them and help them.
If we don't advocate for the poor, when we reach critical mass, bad things will happen. Some of those bad things will be that what a man has will be taken away (presumably by God Himself) and given to the man who has not.
So now God's is a communist?
"Sorry, no deal. I won't play the minimum wage game."
But that is EXACTLY what you are asking for in this case. You are explaining what everybody should have in your fantasy world, but you arent willing to face up to economic reality.
You still haven't given me a number. What is the living wage that should be the minimum any employer is allowed to pay any employee in your fantasy world? why cant you give me a number?
Christian morality says that if a man is not paid a living wage it is one of the sins that cries out to heaven for vengeance. The bible says God will hear them and help them.
Give me a break. You won't "play the minimum wage game" but throw in morality?
In the region I live in (straddling 3 states) the average starting pay for a burger flipper job is about $6.00 and hour. Last I checked a part-time cashier at Walmart starts at over $8.....higher at some of the stores closer to the beach.
But since you're all into the "morality" of wages paid, why not pick on the places that don't pay anywhere near what Walmart pays? Is it any wonder they have 10 applicants for every position open?
But as you know every society that has tried to end poverty has had to impose tolitarianism and then everybody has been poor and oppressed. I think God cares more that we are free and use the resources that he gave us.
How do you interpret this --was the Master giving a living wage?
The master wisely gave the servants what he knew each one could handle. The servant with five talents traded and gained five more; and the servant with two talents traded and earned two more. But the man with one talent buried his money in the ground and left it there until the master came back! After a long while, the master returned and asked his servants to explain what they had accomplished with the money he had given them. He was very proud of the first two, and praised both of them for their good stewardship (Matthew 25:21,23)
Christian morality says that if a man is not paid a living wage it is one of the sins that cries out to heaven for vengeance. The bible says God will hear them and help them.
I got news for ya.
Religion and economics DON'T mix.
You're as dense as thoise morons pushing Distributism here the other day because some monk was for it.
And you mixing Marxism with scripture is blasphemy.