| Moonlighter said: Says I makes no sense sociologically, but gives this asinine idea that we should get equally paid throughout all sectors. Your utopian idea is far from realistic and is outside this world. It has nothing to do with supply and demand? When people need a product and service, they PAY for it. Do you think services are free and that the money companies recieve comes from the trees? I can't believe I have to explain this in such simplistic terms and it still doesn't register with you. If nobody had heart problems, do you think heart surgeons would be getting paid as much as they do? When nobody comes for a service or product, employers aren't making money. You expect me to educate myself when you have no idea about economics, let alone the reality of how people get paid. Why would I question how things are structured? It's simple as I need to state over and over: You get paid more for a job when the service is highly in demand and there aren't many workers. And once again, if small jobs were paid equal as dangerous, difficult jobs, no one would work those dangerous and difficult jobs. SO, tell me: In your utopian world, who is going to apply for these necessary jobs? They are needed because of the DEMAND of the services and with a short SUPPLY of workers, who will do the important jobs that keep the homes and facilities running? My common sense is certainly more realistic than your utopian worldview which is out of this world. A lot of people do go for different jobs and different studies. I'm an example of one of them and so are the many I have met in College who changed majors/career fields. |
I'm not utopian my friend. I just know how the world works. Keep telling yourself supply and demand. Of course if no one wanted a certain service no one would provide it, that's basic economic stuff. I studied economics before, I know how it works.
But you seem to completely forget another factor. Personal entitlement. People have an idea in their society how much something is worth or how much someone should be paid. That idea can be enforced or discouraged and the very way a society is structured makes it so that how much a certain job gets paid actually varies very little even depending on supply and demand.
Next your going to tell me a CEO deserves to earn over 50x the wage of someone at the bottom of a company.
