08-07-2018, 08:55 PM
(08-07-2018, 08:49 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I want folks to make as much money as they can, but their needs to be economic stratification and motivation to advance.
Agreed. However, if the stratification becomes such that it is highly improbable that a higher strata is attainable then the motivation disappears. Instead, discontent leads to revolutionary zeal. This is what has happened countless times throughout history and is starting to happen now. Making policy changes to create a sort of pressure valve is the only way to prevent things from getting too dire.
I would agree with anyone that increasing the minimum wage in broad strokes is going to be ineffective and only a surface level fix (if one could call it that), but we need policy solutions sooner rather than later.
"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
