At 10:32 26-01-01 +0100, Sonja wrote:
>"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.
>
Not to mention those who _teach_ the software engineers and others . . .
-- Ronn! :)
