Kasz216 said:
richardhutnik said:
SamuelRSmith said:
What I hate about these discussions, when it comes to CEOs being paid 100* more than their workers, or athletes earning millions while nurses/firemen are on low wages (in the UK, anyway), is this implication that we actually have some sort of right to tell other people what to do with their money.
When people talk about CEOs being paid too much, and workers too little, and talk of introducing laws that limit the difference between the highest and lowest wage in a company, what they are essentially saying is that they own the business. We didn't risk any money or time investing in the company, we just reap the benefits, so why do we get a say in these issues? The employees aren't forced to work in this company, if they wanted to take the same risks that the investors and founders took, they could be making just as much money, anyway. But they didn't take that risk, and so they don't get the benefits of a high wage. If you want more money, you either work hard enough and get promoted up, or you leave, take risks, and set up your own company.
Don't force someone else to pay you more money through the law. Besides, you'll (or your kids) will be worse off for it in the long run, anyway. |
Nope, no one is forcing anyone to do anything. But there is no guarantee that things will work out if everyone happens to merely work by self-focused motives without any regard to anyone else. What you see in bubbles, for example, is people collectively will go into the same segment of a market and collective drive up prices far beyond what is normal, as everyone ends up being sellers in a market where they buy and believe there is another sucker to come along. Then, the bottom falls out and impacts everyone. Same with the said effects of income inequality and it possibly getting worse and worse, affecting everyone. The solution to this isn't for everyone to turn a blind eye, merely compete selfishly and believe their ideological -ism will sort things out.
No amount of cheap TV and electronics will make up for people who will increasingly have problems making ends meet.
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How many people per year in the United States have died from starvation not related to either a mental disease or being in a carcrash in the snow or something?
Aside from which, you seem to be ignoring the reasons income inequality are growing, which I outlined above, and have outlined for you multiple times actually... you just keep ignoring them.
The person turning a blind eye to something is you... which is sad because I KNOW you're smarter then your currently acting, letting yourself get swayed by data you know is incorrect but ignoring the reasons why it's incorrect. The "problems of income inequality" he showed basically didn't control for ANYTHING.
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1. You are now venting like the only form of the way people are adversely affected by poverty is starvation, which the video didn't go into. Starvation wasn't mentioned, yet you bring it up.
2. The video doesn't discuss the why of income inequality growing at all, just says that income inequality has bad effects. What I made mention of there, in response to the other post was that the answers to issues in society are more than merely individuals showing gumption, and risking it all, and looking to get rich.
3. You accusations of me turning a blind eye, is interesting in that you by pass what I wrote, which wasn't to you, to jump in and get down my throat over something. The initial post didn't get into it at all, and just listed something. You jump all over and then accuse me of having a blind eye here. We can play Stooges have their eyes poked out, but your comment of accusing me of willfulling ignoring things is not productive. What I do get from you here is your desire to shut your mind to things here, claim to be right, and they end up slamming me because I don't agree. I can come back and say, "no YOU turn a blind eye", but I really don't have times for such childishness.
I will say in regards to this, just ignore what I have to say, because apparently you don't have an interest in discussing things at all, but would rather play who is really blind here.
