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aLkaLiNE on 23 July 2017
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Pemalite said:
fatslob-:O said:
Good enough for me since most poor people can't be trusted with investments or making money ...

Wealth is all relative.

We would look stupidly rich compared to someone in Africa living on less than a dollar a day, I probably look extremely wealthy next to some forum posters.

I think the important take away is that wealth doesn't equate to intelligence.
There are a ton of multi-billionaires who are wealthy due to circumstance rather than actually had made good investments or worked hard for it.

Yet a parent who is working on the (bullshit) $7 an hour minimum US wage and still manages to pay all their bills, feed their children... Are probably far more thrifty with money than someone born into privileged circumstance.

What Trump should do is appoint people based on merit, not on wealth. He should have drained the swamp, not filled it up twice as high with sharks.

You probably aren't the best person to talk about how things should work in America either. Minimum wage is set by the state which is based and set by the economy for that state. Hardly any state has a $7 per hour minim wage.

 

Also, if someone is smart enough and finds themselves qualified enough to make major decisions for the rest of the country, you can bet your ass that they would not find themselves in the position of "I make $7 per hour and am a parent who survives" because that wouldn't really be possible here without government aid. That's definitely just not a survivable wage here or anywhere across the rest of the country. You're talking someone that works at McDonald's. Those are not the kind of people that can direct our economy, that's just the reality of the situation and your hypothetical scenario is completely moot here.

 

Should someone be judged solely based on merit or their career work? YES. Is that person gonna find themselves working at a gas station trying to feed a family? That's a really massive stretch. They will have put themselves through college/university to even be considered. I just don't see where someone capable of long reaching decisions that potentially influence other countries internal economic decisions would "settle" for a minimum wage job after they pushed themselves through Uni, nor can I imagine that it would be hard for this kind of person to be in high demand at least SOMEWHERE if they would really be qualified for economic reform.

Also if you show academic merit in the states you can pave your way to a free ride through school. In many cases and from that point the jobs start to find you rather than the other way around. Our system is designed to make it possible for smart, driven people to find a career, regardless of where they start from. So again your situation doesn't really make sense and is an extreme, incredibly unlikely scenario that's over dramatic so you can try and get your point across. But again, we have checks and balances in place that will let someone from a poor family advance through school or get a free ride to Uni if they're smart and driven, regardless of the family from which they are born.