How about a law stating you can pay someone whatever they agree to work for?

Sep 4, 2015
9:31:38am

frontrowcougar

Some employers will pay more (Costco), and some will pay less (Walmart). Consumers and workers will make choices. The end.

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Instead of raising min wage, institute a law stating the highest salary in a

bald man

9/4/15 9:22am

LOL! Hello, Mr. Marx

The Royal Punter

9/4/15 9:24am

A law?! Ugh.

Alister Mackenzie

9/4/15 9:25am

The govt knows best. You should just be quiet and let it happen.

bald man

9/4/15 9:29am

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Buffalo

9/4/15 9:26am

Oh, you don't get around much.

bald man

9/4/15 9:27am

No, that idea is just really stupid.

Chester Copperpot

9/4/15 9:32am

No kidding, but at least I got to waste some time at work.

bald man

9/4/15 9:33am

Nothing says prosperity like making success illegal

workindev

9/4/15 9:27am

Success is overrated. We need the impoverished poor to buy more of china's

bald man

9/4/15 9:28am

Please define "we"

coucou

9/4/15 9:30am

In true liberal fashion! everyone but me!

bald man

9/4/15 9:44am

Subtract 5 million low skilled workers and you'd raise the minimum wage

jrifkin48

9/4/15 9:27am

sh. don't bring economics and logic into this discussion. We are displaying the

bald man

9/4/15 9:30am

So it's either pay your CEO $100K

mulletYno

9/4/15 9:28am

Well, in some companies, what's the difference?

bald man

9/4/15 9:30am

I'll trade you a price floor for a price ceiling

deliciousmocha

9/4/15 9:28am

Sounds like a great way to discourage people from getting advanced degrees

Deadpool

9/4/15 9:29am

Education is overrated. We all should be be paid the same anyway! who cares

bald man

9/4/15 9:31am

So ... Hospital custodian makes 1/4 what the brain surgeon makes?

Paco

9/4/15 9:29am

well, why not. It takes a long time to learn how to wipe a toilet correctly

bald man

9/4/15 9:32am

Lets do both. Raise minimum wage to 50,000 and max salary at 50,000

ballen

9/4/15 9:30am

Russia! here we come! yipppeeee!

bald man

9/4/15 9:33am

Give this man a Nobel prize in economics! No, will have to be a Peace prize

frontrowcougar

9/4/15 9:34am

Dang, did we all just get trolled?

coucou

9/4/15 9:31am

Indeed.

bald man

9/4/15 9:33am

Minimum wage isn't going away. Index it to inflation and be done with it

Indy Coug

9/4/15 9:31am

But then politicians would have nothing to fire up their supporters with

Spine

9/4/15 9:42am

Upping the min. wage isn't necessarily a bad idea as long as it is done LOCALLY

Don't Muff It

9/4/15 9:31am

We should also cap corporate profits. No reason companies need to make as much

RalphWiggam

9/4/15 9:31am

Exactly. Give it to the govt because they know what is best for everyone!

bald man

9/4/15 9:34am

But we could make exceptions for things like green companies! Fantastic!

Spine

9/4/15 9:52am

How about a law stating you can pay someone whatever they agree to work for?

frontrowcougar

9/4/15 9:31am

but some people are incapble of negotiating for themselves. well even to

bald man

9/4/15 9:35am

True. But paternalism is bad. So how about fraternalism? Help a brotha out!

frontrowcougar

9/4/15 9:39am

there for a second I thought you meant Joe Paternalism, and I got scared for all

bald man

9/4/15 9:45am

Why not just go to the next step and have everyone give their money to the

SuperTank

9/4/15 9:35am

Oh, like sweden? or Norway was close to doing?

bald man

9/4/15 9:38am

This happens to a large extent already.

P-townCoug

9/4/15 9:39am

This seems well thought out

macdizzle

9/4/15 9:45am

Well, I did give myself five seconds to type it. That should be enough.

bald man

9/4/15 9:50am

Why not... "Every man according to his need."

ClackamasCoug

9/4/15 9:53am

Why not... "Let every man prosper according to his genius"?

frontrowcougar

9/4/15 10:07am

Or his ability to DECEIVE!

bald man

9/4/15 10:13am

Same thing!

frontrowcougar

9/4/15 10:19am

"They wanna pay me less, but they can't" some comedian on the minimum wage.

Y2k

9/4/15 9:53am

Actually. . this isn't an awful idea. . . run with me for a sec . . .

protonspring

9/4/15 11:50am

In seriousness, there is a problem with the exec salaries vrs the corp.

bald man

9/4/15 11:56am

Sooooo LeBron James and the guy selling hot dogs should have comparable salaries

Y2k

9/4/15 12:01pm

Is Lebron an exec? didn't know that.

bald man

9/4/15 12:02pm

Is this only for execs? cause I don't know any execs who work for minimum wage.

Y2k

9/4/15 12:05pm

there are two ways to look at teh lebrons' He is actuall the product which happe

bald man

9/4/15 12:31pm

Jim Harbaugh and the students who work on a night time carpet cleaning crew

Y2k

9/4/15 12:28pm

Wait till we get to implement the law of conscecration.

bald man

9/4/15 12:34pm

oh, is the point to kill businesses?

Bob Vance

9/4/15 12:13pm

Business is evil. its not till a human works for the gov't that they become

bald man

9/4/15 12:32pm

You deserve another POTD You clearly state that your trolling from the beginning

Y2k

9/4/15 12:36pm

I guess the secret to great trolling, and I'd say I'm not that good at it,

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