Originally Posted by
CBreezy
What's funny is that if you replace 4 day with 5 day work week, this is exactly what the modern labor movement provided before state and national laws were gutted that ensured the near complete destruction of labor unions in this country. As to the morality of the items you listed, I think if you do a job for someone on a full-time basis, you should make a liveable wage and be able to afford safe housing. We are the richest nation on earth and yet we have a large percentage of Americans who routinely have to go into debt or not pay bills because of medical care. They are choosing life over paying bills. And if you have the skillset or intelligence and drive to attend an institution of higher learning, it is our country's and economy's best interest to ensure you can go while not being straddled with crushing debt.
Agree on all points. To add to them, I think the exponentially increasing transfer of wealth to the 10,000 or so richest people since the 80s is going to be societies eventual downfall. How that manifests itself is anyone’s guess. You can only squeeze so much production out of the average worker bee while cutting their ability to exist as a citizen before it becomes untenable.