PM looks at US-style wage system
John Howard PM looks at US-style wage system and says:
..."There are various options about how it might be determined and we are looking at those, but the point is that we will keep a minimum wage - but it has to be a minimum, in my view, that takes account of the employment opportunities that are available and we must never have a minimum wage that prices people out of work.
"And sometimes, in some situations, that does occur."
Herein we have the conflict between the Capitalist's need to make a profit and the worker's need to survive. And, of course, the government is looking after the Capitalist - the workers should work themselves to death and die quietly, knowing that the economy is safe.
FUCK THE ECONOMY! HUMANS MATTER MORE THAN PROFIT!
The minimum wage in the minimum needed to support a family not what the Capitalists can get away with!
If John Winston Howard admires the USA so much, he should renounce his Australian citizenship and move to the USA like Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation.
2 comments:
employment opportunities that are availableI keep hearing about these from 'Liberal' politicians. Would you someone point this 50-something person in the right direction please?
When you are told that you need two years' experience to work in a hot bread shop behind the counter there is cause for worry (of course, the real reason is the owner wants a sixteen year old so she can pay slave wages).
Ron,
The idea is to make people feel like failures when they cannot get a job (because there are jobs for the asking Hah!).
The narrative for Capitalism is that anyone can succeed by trying their best. Then if they fail, then it is their own fault. The beauty of this narrative is the victims blame themselves for their failure. There is no sexism, no ageism, no homophobia, no racism - such is the beautiful narrative of Capitalism.
Everyone has an equal chance at success. Just look at the rise and rise of Lachlan Murdoch and Jamie Packer. Two fine young men who achieved success through their own efforts. (Maybe I should get a job at News Corporation since I can write such guff without choking.)
(For non-Oz, these two twerps worked for their fathers' firms and managed to lose AUD500 million each on a bungled investment).
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