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> My position is that your wage should be determined in part by your
> contribution to society. The value you bring to the market should be the
> value you bring home from your market. If you are unskilled, then you are
> likely not producing much value, and should expect your work to be valued
> as such - minimum wage.
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Skills aren't everything.
SInce when does society need computer software more than food?
THe most BASIC necessities of life - food, clothing, et cetera- are very
labor intensive to produce, and mostly unskilled. Even modern automation
has not eliminated the need for farm labor, sewing-factory labor, et
cetera. It just means that not *everyone* in society has to spend every
waking hour producing necessities - only a relative few. And those few get
very little of the benefits of "civilization." If the person who picked
fruit got paid as much as the software engineer, no one could afford to
eat! So farm and clothing-factory and other workers will always be living
in poverty to keep the rest of us fed and clothed while we play with our
toys.
Kristin
