"Kristin A. Ruhle" schreef:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> 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.
This brings to mind professions like those of nursing that get paid a lot less
then they should be worth to society.
Sonja
