At 17:45 26-1-02 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: > >> Are you saying that no matter what people are paid, they should be > >> satisfied with what they receive? > > > >That would be a pretty stupid thing to do. Imagine that you get a college > >education, which causes you to build up a debt of say, USD 40,000. If you > >then accept minimum wage, how are you ever going to pay off your debt? You > >will have a hard time paying off the *interest*, let alone paying off the > >main sum. > >Let's say that someone rings up a US$40,000 debt (highly unusual, I might >add - I rang up only $25,000, and I attended a fairly expensive private >school) getting a degree in Physics, and then takes a job as a High School >Science teacher. > >She should not then expect to be paid a higher amount as a teacher simply >because of the amount of debt that she has. She should be based on the >value of her work, and how much the community values the service of >Teaching High School Science. > >Therfore, I would argue that your example is meaningless, as the worth of a >worker is not determined by the amount of debt that one has.
I was not arguing that someone's worth should be determined by the amount of debt that person has. I was arguing that it would be stupid to accept minimum wage if that would mean that you will not be able to pay off your debt. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
