Ben Rhoades wrote:
At 02:32 PM 12/7/2004, Clinton, J. Scott wrote:
I'd like to think that too, but do you shop at Wal-Mart? A lot of people are starting to make a distinction between "minimum wage" and "living wage". Personally, I believe that my earnings impart a responsibility upon me to use those monies wisely...a concept that Christians refer to as "stewardship". Because of my conviction, I don't shop at Wal-Mart (though I do buy things from Home Despot...mostly out of frustration and lack of selection at my local hardware stores) and I don't feel that my biggest requirement in purchasing things is that the price be as low as possible. I am willing to pay more for a quality product. I believe that it benefits me as well as society for people to be able to earn a living that allows them to live above the poverty line.
Well, the Wal-mart example is a good one however, I do look at it sort of different, and maybe I'm living in the 50s. I see most of the people working at as a job, not as a career. I don't think of Wal-mart as a career place other than maybe some management. I shop there with that mindset and think that many of the problems are people believing that their job at Wal-mart should be something to support their family. However, I also I agree that you get what you pay for in terms of quality and I will often pay more to get something I think will last longer.
So the yardstick we're using for determing pay scales is the _intent_ of the employee to make the job a career.
As for your comment that "many of the problems are people believing that their job at Wal-mart should be something to support their family," well, that's amazingly stupid. That's why most people have jobs in the first place-- otherwise, we'd be spending time with our spouses and kids.
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