I maintain that paying a livable wage is justice. It is what one deserves. Some employers are not nice people and will try to screw their workers by paying based on the NEED of the employee, not the MERIT of the employee. Minwage is simply a floor, which sets a minimum, beyond which the employer may not screw his employee. (And please don't pull that 'But they can always leave' canard. Practically, they can't always leave any more than you could be requested to leave for an uncharted desert isle where you can make your own rules.)
" None of that is an argument."
True. It is advice from an ex-Randite cultist who got deprogrammed and can now see the light. Balance out your reading and you will gain insight as I did. parsy the altruistic enlightener.
parsy the altruistic enlightener.
Parsy, who has discovered, like so many others, that it's real easy to be altruistic with other people's money...
Incidentally, I've never read a single piece of Rand's work. That was not intentional. It just happened.
Balance out your reading and you will gain insight...
Insight into what? I read several dozen reader reviews of Nickle and Dimed in America on Amazon. I can't say I was impressed. Her book sounds like a "blame free-enterprise for the plight of the poor" propaganda piece. Is my assessment correct? Does the author discuss any factors which contribute to poverty? One reader pointed out that the author draws comparisons between our system and those of countries in Europe which she considers progressive. Does she mean countries like France which has double-digit unemployment? Maybe she means Britian which has something like a 65% rate of taxation and rations health care.