07-24-2018, 10:43 AM
(07-23-2018, 09:26 PM)Beaker Wrote: Income inequality does not equal economic oppression.
When it gets too extreme it is. It turns a democracy into an oligarchy, which is where we are currently headed if not there already. When there is wide disparity in wealth and income and no mechanisms within the political system to guarantee an equal voice, income inequality becomes economic and political oppression. Our political system does not have those mechanisms.
(07-23-2018, 09:26 PM)Beaker Wrote: What corporation pays workers less than a living wage?
Plenty of them.
(07-23-2018, 09:26 PM)Beaker Wrote: Living wage is a subjective term since individuals decide whether or not to live within their means.
It's not as subjective as you would think. Studies that look at what percentage of someone's income is taken up with housing in a certain area is one way to look at this sort of thing in a more evidence driven manner. If people are having to spend more than a certain percentage of their income on housing, then we can see that there is evidence that wages may not be livable in a certain place. The judgement is subjective, but it isn't as subjective as you make it out to be.
(07-23-2018, 09:26 PM)Beaker Wrote: What is wrong with rich people getting richer? As a lawyer, youre rich.
Not all lawyers are rich.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
