I live in the real world, not one where because you need something you get it just for showing up 40 hours per week. I live in a world where you EARN what you make.
Don’t like your wage, get another job. Don’t like your options, create more by bettering yourself. What you don’t get to do is determine what others have to pay out based on what YOU think they should be paying.
If you think I live in Theory Land, where do you live? Free Lunch Land? Give Me Something For Nothing Land? Why do you and your ilk get to decide what others who own something HAVE to pay out to have work done. You accuse others of being Socialists, but it is you who seems to not believe in free markets or personal freedom. What are you even doing on this forum? Shouldn’t you be on DU or something?
I am a business owner and have been self-employed for more than 20 years. I tell ya what, if workers want a bigger cut, great. Then they are also gonna pony up some cash when their shoddy work causes a business to lose money too, right? No, in your world it is a one way street. How much can I get for the least amount of effort. Sound about right?
Nope, you don’t sound right at all. In fact, you sound like the kind of person who would pay his employees as little as he could get away with in order to pocket more for himself. Which, I guess is your idea of “pay based on productivity.” I would see it as, “Pay based on what I can get away with.” If I am right, then you are the best reason why the country needs minimum wage laws, and increases thereof. I just hope the rest of us aren’t having to pony up for food stamps and housing vouchers for your employees.
What a hero.