Originally posted by Newjak
Why should the political arena stop talking about it? :/
because you made a completely valid point which destroys their argument. so now the point needs to be deflected and derailed.
these are very stable people, btw; with much intellectual honesty and emotional maturity 🙄
Originally posted by victreebelvictrFirst off income inequality is a very relevant topic. It's part of the reason our economy is struggling so hard.
Exactly, until we repair the economy, I don't see how any of this is relevant.
Either way though even if you find it irrelevant we're discussing it on KMC. I don't think we have to worry about our conversations somehow influencing what congress is going to talk about lol.
Originally posted by Neon1234
People having different amounts of wealth is completely fair.Not everyone works as hard as others.
Not everyone is as smart as others.
Not everyone has as much responsibility as others.
CEOs have a skill set and an importance that their workers do not have.
That is why they make more.
If wealth equality were a thing, that would be unfair.
It's not fair that someone who does not contribute as much, make as much as someone who works harder, and/or has more responsibility, and/or works smarter.
Wealth inequality could be fair, but it isn't in the world we live in. A lot of people that work harder, that are more skilled, that are more intelligent have less, while a lot of people that have no skills, that don't work hard or at all, that are not intelligent have a lot. That's just the reality. We don't live in a fair system, and the wealth inequality created by it isn't fair either.
A certain amount of wealth inequality is fair, but it's certainly not fair for the owners of companies to be worth billions, while a large number of their employees are on welfare or other forms of assistance.
Paying full-time employees enough to keep them off all forms of government assistance should be the bare minimum companies are required to pay.
Originally posted by Silent Master
A certain amount of wealth inequality is fair, but it's certainly not fair for the owners of companies to be worth billions, while a large number of their employees are on welfare or other forms of assistance.Paying full-time employees enough to keep them off all forms of government assistance should be the bare minimum companies are required to pay.
I agree with this 100%.
Corporate Welfare is a scam for taxpayers.
Originally posted by victreebelvictrIt's more pertinent than it's ever been, imo. The results of the pandemic are grinding small businesses to dust, all whilst Amazon's profits skyrocket. It's a disaster for the working classes, and much of the middle classes, too. Only the elites are not suffering.
Because it is rather irrelevant during the time of this pandemic.
Originally posted by Silent Master
A certain amount of wealth inequality is fair, but it's certainly not fair for the owners of companies to be worth billions, while a large number of their employees are on welfare or other forms of assistance.Paying full-time employees enough to keep them off all forms of government assistance should be the bare minimum companies are required to pay.
Originally posted by Neon1234100%, the greed of corporations is completely on show, bared for all to see. If they don't care about us, why should we care about them?
I agree with this 100%.Corporate Welfare is a scam for taxpayers.
Originally posted by NewjakThat is true. 😂
First off income inequality is a very relevant topic. It's part of the reason our economy is struggling so hard.Either way though even if you find it irrelevant we're discussing it on KMC. I don't think we have to worry about our conversations somehow influencing what congress is going to talk about lol.
Just from my research of history, whenever a nation tries to change their economic values during crisis it either bombs or turns out great.
I guess it is kinda of a flip of the coin.
The best bet seems to be a capitalist society with socialist elements, the "hybrid."
Capitalism does overall seem better to alternatives that many people today, who grew up in a capitalist country, suggest though. People seem to forget that people fled those countries to capitalism. My gf has family who have told stories about their older family members growing up in communism, and it was hell.
Re: Wealth inequality is fair.
Originally posted by Neon1234
People having different amounts of wealth is completely fair.Not everyone works as hard as others.
Not everyone is as smart as others.
Not everyone has as much responsibility as others.
CEOs have a skill set and an importance that their workers do not have.
That is why they make more.
If wealth equality were a thing, that would be unfair.
It's not fair that someone who does not contribute as much, make as much as someone who works harder, and/or has more responsibility, and/or works smarter.
I agree. The issue isn't that some people deserve to be wealthier than others. It's the degree in the disparity.
In 1965 the average CEO earned 20 x what their average worker earned. It's now over 250 x.