Comment Re:Sweden (Score 1) 1040
This seems to be the net outcome of the society we've chosen today, to let the few have 80% of our assets, and the rest just work as slaves for the 10-20% rich elite. I must stress that I am not a socialist or communist by a long shot, but there is something wrong with a society that can't pay their workers a proper wage.
The problem is who decides what is a "proper" wage? To employers, slavery is a proper wage since nothing beats free. To the employee, getting the same as the CEO is fair. The truth is somewhere in the middle.
This whole argument disregards the fact that sales will always follow what the market can bear. Raising the minimum wage causes the price of everything to go up.
On the flipside, if people aren't paid enough to afford what is being sold, how long will that business stay in business?