Sam you still don't get it. As the largest employer the government does have the right to set wages. Even though there may not be a single bit of legislation dictating wages by the very virtue of being the largest employer, that has a massive impact on the employment market.
And I thought that the BS routine about trying Russia or China is just a warmed over pice of tripe that's is one of the last refuges of the truely ignorant type of jingoistic patriot - AMERICA LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT. It was shown to be utter BS 50 years ago and its still a steaming pile of manure now. On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Sam<[email protected]> wrote: > > Doctors should get paid what they are worth not what Obama, Reid or > Pelosi decide. > If you like the government setting wages why not try China or Russia? > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Larry C. Lyons<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So why shouldn't the government decide salaries? To a great extent the >> government does decides wage rates simply on the basis of being the >> largest employer in the US. Because of that in many professions in >> effect the government sets the baseline salary. Moreover since the >> government does set the minimum wage,. that is another arbiter of >> wages. Additionally the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage >> rates for many professions. Again that has the effect of setting >> wages. >> >> Given the history of private industry screwing over workers I'd rather >> trust the government in setting wage standards than private industry. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303451 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
