Should employees be paid what they need to sustain a reasonable standard of living, based on their family and personal circumstances, or should they be paid what they earn?
Hi Purple
What do you mean?
Take a lawyer who generates €3m of fees for his firm. Are you asking whether he should be paid a fair whack (e.g. €1m) or what it costs him to live (e.g. €100k)?
Gordon
Ok, so it's not just me then.I'd vehemently oppose it. Communism by another name...utter nonsense.
To expand on the topic; If the state (we the people) decide that people should have a basic level of income, a social safety net, and give support to people with families or dependents etc who work in low paid jobs is that support a subsidy to their employer?
I agree that it is intrinsically communist. Do others concur?I'd vehemently oppose it. Communism by another name...utter nonsense.
I agree that it is intrinsically communist. Do others concur?
There is a lot of merit to the slogan and at its essence, the adoption by civilised developed countries of the welfare state is testament to the intrinsic values of that slogan.
Should employees be paid what they need to sustain a reasonable standard of living, based on their family and personal circumstances, or should they be paid what they earn?
As I understood the slogan it did not mean redistribution of proportions that we see in Ireland for example, it means that everything "from each" went into a central pot for redistribution "to each".
This is a solution I see no moral or economic virtue in.
Should employees be paid what they need to sustain a reasonable standard of living, based on their family and personal circumstances, or should they be paid what they earn?
People should be rewarded for creating wealth.
Why shouldn't a business development manager share in the rewards of creating income for the company he works in, while the admin person has none of the pressure but is well rewarded?
Purple's idea that these people shouldn't be rewarded, while Joe Slob with his 6 kids gets €100,000 for doing the bare minimum is just wrong.