At 05:00 PM 1/26/02, Jeroen wrote: >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.
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