Is it time to start closing the wage gap?
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I think there should be a cap on the wages of CEOs of any government or public service, like Ontario Hydro and Canada Post. What CEOs do is mostly delegate, they don't do much themselves Nobody who is paid out of the public purse needs more than $150,000. yearly to live well on.
Government should probably keep out of private businesses wage scale but when the taxpayers are paying the bills it's a different matter.
Government should probably keep out of private businesses wage scale but when the taxpayers are paying the bills it's a different matter.
Bring it back to 1950. 
The man working, the wife keeping care of the house and kids..
Use to be a time when when it only took one bread winner to support a family.
The man working, the wife keeping care of the house and kids..
Use to be a time when when it only took one bread winner to support a family.
That's the way I thought it should be . And it was for quite awhile. But with no check on the appetites of the consumers, things began to cost more,,,little by little, and then big by big. There's no answer to things the way it is.Bring it back to 1950.
The man working, the wife keeping care of the house and kids..
Use to be a time when when it only took one bread winner to support a family.
We have tried minimum wage and even wage and price controls and for
all kinds of reasons they didn't work.
Perhaps for discussion we should look at wage, price and profit margin
controls. The wage gap is out of control and the worst part is when we
purchase goods and services we are further contributing to fat cat wages
We have sport celebrities making millions in endorsements while the
kid making the shoes gets s few dollars a day and the overall cost of the
product is worth a fraction of what it is sold for.
I for one do not believe in unfettered capitalism and more than I do the
concept of unfettered socialism. There has to be a balance of law in a
modern society. Some things are good for business and other rules should
protect public interest
all kinds of reasons they didn't work.
Perhaps for discussion we should look at wage, price and profit margin
controls. The wage gap is out of control and the worst part is when we
purchase goods and services we are further contributing to fat cat wages
We have sport celebrities making millions in endorsements while the
kid making the shoes gets s few dollars a day and the overall cost of the
product is worth a fraction of what it is sold for.
I for one do not believe in unfettered capitalism and more than I do the
concept of unfettered socialism. There has to be a balance of law in a
modern society. Some things are good for business and other rules should
protect public interest
I thought it had more to do with women's liberation.
More people looking for jobs, less demand for paying better wages..
Put the women back in the kitchen, and there would be little unemployment and employers would have to pay the employees better to keep them..
Just Say'in
Blame the women :lol:
..and technology.
Who do you think is (generally speaking) happier; the grippers in places like the former USSR or the grippers in Canada or the US?
How would you have any clue as to what a high paid CEO does, is expected to do or how much of their personal cash they dumped into the company?
As for the highly insightful comment about dog fukkers - ask yourself who is more likely to drop dead from a heart attack, a janitor or CEO
If a person gripes continually, stands to reason they aren't happy and are damn well intent on staying that way. Seems to me a happy person wouldn't be compelled to gripe all the time regardless of their circumstance. Although maybe,,,some folks aren't happy unless they are griping. Who the hell knows.
Your absolutely right.................cut the C.E.O. back from 84 times to 5 times!
84 times as hard??
Oooops I gave them too much credit, should have said 184 times...............................Sickening!
All I'm saying is that there are far fewer reasons to gripe living in a society where a person stands a chance of hitting the big time as opposed to a society where that is an impossibility.
However, for those that want to play the victim card and blame someone that is paid a ton, they can rest easy in the knowledge that the CEO is taxed on a ridiculous basis (it's called progressive taxation aka fair share). That's the beauty of living in a capitalist society where you have wage discrepancies, we can afford to have things like healthcare, welfare, EI, various social service programs, education opportunities, etc.
C.E.O. of course.....................................Look at the f**King groceries the a$$hole can afford to buy!
How big should the "big time" be? Couple hundred grand a year should suffice nicely.
I've been an employee, and I've had my own shop. Never on the scale of a CEO that's for sure but the analogy is similar. The pressure of working for yourself and family in your own business can be much more stressful than being an employee. The employee, if the employer is viable has much less to worry about then the business owner. You know the check will be there every week and your responsibilities end when you punch the time clock at the end of the day. The strain remains on the employer 24/7. One needs the other though. And each needs to respect the others circumstance.
