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A Boring Dystopia
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The solution easy:
I like the idea of setting maximum wage as say 50x the lowest wage. Including bonuses and stock.
I don't think the CEO does 50x the work or even the value of the janitor.
Radical idea. What about paying everyone the same, Janitor and CEO? That would truly value everyone's hard work, regardless of which work it is.
But that would take a shift in how we perceive work and what we work for.
That's socialism. Can't have that. Can't even have part of that. Then people want more. And you can't exploit them anymore.
"But anybody can be a janitor!"
And there's still no theoretical cap to how much money the CEO can make, you just also have to raise the ones earning the least in order to pocket more yourself.
Better solution....?!((งツ)ว Give everyone 1 trillion dollars. Then increase income tax well beyond 200% for any income. But Iike the smart version of what I'm trying to describe
Make profit hurt
The solution is easy: