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**NADALA** · 09-16-2011, 01:20 AM

@BBMW The idea that you can gauge one's productivity levels by one's income levels is pure fallacy. The average fortune 500 CEO earns 400 times more than his average employee. There is no way she/he is 400 X more productive. The fact is, the game is rigged against the average Joe. More and more we are becoming like Locomotive Breadth (that one was for Zippy).

BTW, my reference was to UNDER employed, not unemployed.

Working poor does NOT equal unproductive. People in these roles are often performing valuable functions. They are just not being compensated for the work they do. Their compensation levels are not commensurate with their contributions. That does not make them unproductive, it makes the exploited. And as for the elderly, why don't we just kill them when they reach 65.

LIke I said, it is pure rationalization and bullshit. But whatever helps you sleep at night...

09-16-2011, 01:20 AM	#39
NADALA Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 379 Senior Member	@BBMW The idea that you can gauge one's productivity levels by one's income levels is pure fallacy. The average fortune 500 CEO earns 400 times more than his average employee. There is no way she/he is 400 X more productive. The fact is, the game is rigged against the average Joe. More and more we are becoming like Locomotive Breadth (that one was for Zippy). BTW, my reference was to UNDER employed, not unemployed. Working poor does NOT equal unproductive. People in these roles are often performing valuable functions. They are just not being compensated for the work they do. Their compensation levels are not commensurate with their contributions. That does not make them unproductive, it makes the exploited. And as for the elderly, why don't we just kill them when they reach 65. LIke I said, it is pure rationalization and bullshit. But whatever helps you sleep at night...
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