The realistic point is that capitalism as you want it, will never exist.
The 'free market' will never exist
Certain People will always have the means to use force to subjugate others
Certain People will always want to use force to subjugate others
Power, control, and Profit will always come before humanity.
This has been proven all throughout history and to the present.
It is true that America has never had a free market because private enterprise would never allow it.
Private enterprise took the minimal government we had and changed it into the USA. They increased the power of government in order to increase the force they could exact over workers and citizens.
If you think those who have power over the government are just going to lose all power because you get rid of the government, you are mistaken.
There will never be any such thing as a minimalist government because that does not serve the people who are in power.
IF you tear down the means for people to control others, they will create other means.
Again, look at the USA. Economic powers controlled America through the British government. They kept power even after British lost it's hold on America.
They turned the articles of confederation into the constitution. And they are the reason we are where we are now.
Realize that any freedom you want, you will have to fight for it daily.
24 December 2013
15 December 2013
06 December 2013
wage math
So people are balking at minimum wage increases
Stating that people are asking to be paid more than they are worth
Let's look at worth on the other side
What is a no-skill worker worth compared to the owner of a company (assuming they are the highest paid person)?
Let's look at it in raw hours
Say a part time employee works 20 hours a week
A motivated owner works 140 hours a week
That means that motivated owner is putting 7 times more effort in.
Let's double it for skill
14 times more
Hell, let's triple it,
I can deal with an owner making 21 times more than the people who actually produce and sell the product.
I can even deal with 70 times more
But that's not reality is it?
McDonalds decided that their CEO's 'Fair Share' was 1,196 time what their workers make. Without ever flipping a burger, or taking an order, or cleaning a floor, or fixing a fry machine
Do you want to talk about stock? Well, new CEOs usually don't buy stock with their own money. The company gives it to them. So the stock is a part of their earnings.
It's not anything they sacrificed for.
They didn't risk any of their own money.
And I wonder what would happen if a CEO would actually give their workers more of the fruits of their labor?
Oh, the CEO would quit. Well, good ridden. There are others that can take their place.
And if no one takes their place?
Fine. I don't eat McDonalds anyway. The companies that do shaft their workers don't make anything that betters anyone.
Or you want to talk about raising prices?
So you want me to back off because someone making 1000 times more than their workers would rather screw customers than make maybe 500 times more than their workers instead?
You'd rather get mad at me for wanting better wages for workers. Or wanting more people employed at better wages.
But you ignore or even praise the person who could actually make a difference yet chooses not to for their own gain.
You make excuses for the people who can give better wages and jobs so people don't need government assistance.
you want to talk about small business?
Small business isn't the problem
Small business pay their people much better in terms of what they make compared to their workers.
Small business doesn't pull in the capital or profits that these big companies do.
These companies are the reason small business has it so hard. Yet you want to blame it on workers who actually want to be able to live off of what they earn.
You can scoff at people for judging the person who makes 500 to 1000 times more than the people actually producing the product and selling it. But when someone tries to fight for the people who actually make the profits, you say they are not worth it.
People are arguing about a person asking for a higher minimum wage when owners are the ones increasing their wages at the expense of the workers.
The other argument is that the higher minimum wages would increase prices
Like this is an automatic force of the economy and not a consequence of greed
When a company makes a billion in profit (And still complains that the market is 'challenging'), and thinks they have to raise prices in order to raise their worker wages,
fuck them.
You ask people to justify a minimum wage increase
Justify a person making 200 to 300 times more than their workers
talk about worth
Stating that people are asking to be paid more than they are worth
Let's look at worth on the other side
What is a no-skill worker worth compared to the owner of a company (assuming they are the highest paid person)?
Let's look at it in raw hours
Say a part time employee works 20 hours a week
A motivated owner works 140 hours a week
That means that motivated owner is putting 7 times more effort in.
Let's double it for skill
14 times more
Hell, let's triple it,
I can deal with an owner making 21 times more than the people who actually produce and sell the product.
I can even deal with 70 times more
But that's not reality is it?
McDonalds decided that their CEO's 'Fair Share' was 1,196 time what their workers make. Without ever flipping a burger, or taking an order, or cleaning a floor, or fixing a fry machine
Do you want to talk about stock? Well, new CEOs usually don't buy stock with their own money. The company gives it to them. So the stock is a part of their earnings.
It's not anything they sacrificed for.
They didn't risk any of their own money.
And I wonder what would happen if a CEO would actually give their workers more of the fruits of their labor?
Oh, the CEO would quit. Well, good ridden. There are others that can take their place.
And if no one takes their place?
Fine. I don't eat McDonalds anyway. The companies that do shaft their workers don't make anything that betters anyone.
Or you want to talk about raising prices?
So you want me to back off because someone making 1000 times more than their workers would rather screw customers than make maybe 500 times more than their workers instead?
You'd rather get mad at me for wanting better wages for workers. Or wanting more people employed at better wages.
But you ignore or even praise the person who could actually make a difference yet chooses not to for their own gain.
You make excuses for the people who can give better wages and jobs so people don't need government assistance.
you want to talk about small business?
Small business isn't the problem
Small business pay their people much better in terms of what they make compared to their workers.
Small business doesn't pull in the capital or profits that these big companies do.
These companies are the reason small business has it so hard. Yet you want to blame it on workers who actually want to be able to live off of what they earn.
You can scoff at people for judging the person who makes 500 to 1000 times more than the people actually producing the product and selling it. But when someone tries to fight for the people who actually make the profits, you say they are not worth it.
People are arguing about a person asking for a higher minimum wage when owners are the ones increasing their wages at the expense of the workers.
The other argument is that the higher minimum wages would increase prices
Like this is an automatic force of the economy and not a consequence of greed
When a company makes a billion in profit (And still complains that the market is 'challenging'), and thinks they have to raise prices in order to raise their worker wages,
fuck them.
You ask people to justify a minimum wage increase
Justify a person making 200 to 300 times more than their workers
talk about worth
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