Re: RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $120 AN HOUR!!

From: Albert (alwagner_at_tcac.net)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:16:36 -0500

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:43:09 -0700
"Bill Bonde ( ``I could have nailed the St. Helena goat's pelt to the
deck'' )" <stderr2@backpacker.com> wrote:

<snip>
> If the person is getting the market value of his labour, that person
> is being treated fairly by the market, by definition.

Your definition is incomplete. Labor and Capital must bargain from
equal positions of strength for that definition to be correct.

> Whether that's
> fair in a larger sense is open to debate. Different people are born
> with different abilities. Happenstance and luck, ill or good, play a
> large part.

Irrelevant to the topic.

<snip> 

-- 
"Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and
further life; it is bad to damage and destroy life."
	-- Albert Schweitzer

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