Liverpool said:RemoteTiger said:Many employees do not understand what the contract says - they nod their head to the boss and say yes sir - so they can get an income - many are not as lucid as you or I to negotiate better deals for themselves........and if they were - the smarty bosses say pissoff I got another bloke behind you standing in line who wants the job on these conditions.
This is all about wealth distribution and if you leave it too the market to regulate itself - the rich get richer and the poor can go please themselves - take a long hard look at the USA - do we want a bigger class divide here than what we have now? Or do we want this to be the land of the "fair go"?
Markets regulating themselves and trickle down economics went out with Margaret Thatcher - because the trickle down never happens and the market is controlled by the bosses who line their own pockets first and *smile* the rest....................
And lastly its always the workers family that goes to war - to protect the country and in so doing protecting the bosses fortune - ya rarely see the board of directors families on the front line - so give the workers a break - be fair dinkum - be true blue - for *smile* sake be a real dinky dye and give the battler a go!.......... :harp :guitar
RemoteTiger,
I can see where you're coming from mate, and while I don't like to see the poor getting poorer and rich getting richer, I also don't want to live in an environment where everyone is the same, like a communist country.
There needs to be different 'statuses', so people have a motivation to do as much as they can to improve, to strive, and to better themselves professionally.
Overtaxing rich people to prop up the people who just plod along in life, should not be the direction this country takes....it would be a cop out for people who can't be bothered in life.
If people are not lucid enough, or don't have the education or balls to be able to read a contract before signing it, then I don't know what we can do for these people....meaning, as an employer, I am under no obligation to place someone on higher wages or better conditions, simply because they are not lucid enough, or that I feel compassion for their personal circumstances.
Businesses are businesses.....who exist to make a profit and to look after the shareholders who invest their money into the business.
Businesses are not charities for 'battlers', I'm afraid.
I agree with your argument - and - would like to add that there should be some sort of safety net to protect employees from ruthless employers - of which there a few - very much a minority but there are a few........