I want your opinion about american business?

Question

Should all american workers be guaranteed a living wage and essential benefits? Are CEOs entitled to make 150 times the average wage, even without being required to provide a better living for their employees? How does this opinion affect your opinion about the union? Do you believe the more union workers, the merrier?

zeebaris, I like how you mentioned that we have the right to PURSUE happiness as americans, we just arent guaranteed it. Very good point.

Answer 1

Living wage, no - everyone is able to live at a different wage. I've met families that can raise 3 kids on 40k per year. And met families that can't make ends meet at 100k per year. In the end living wage is more relevant to how people want to live.

CEO's are entitled to make what they want. I believe in Compassionate Capitalism, meaning they shouldn't make 7-10 times more than their lowest paid worker. But if you don't like it, don't work for them.

I don't like most unions. As the people higher up in the Unions usually get CEO type benefits and the lower level people get the short end of the stick. I think the IBEW is a great union though, and more should operate like that.

Merriness is a state a person chooses to be in. A person can find joy or ill in whatever they want. That's what's great about being an American. We have the right to PURSUE happiness. We just aren't guaranteed it.

Answer 2

No.
No, yes.
It doesn't.
No.