in communism what is wage based on?

Answer 1

wage? as in what people earn?

in true communism there is no wage, there really is no currency at all. no matter what you do you make nothing, all your work goes to the benefit of the country not your self (one reason why communism does not work)

Theoretically every one benefits, so someone who does nothing receives as much benefit as some one who works 60 hours a week.

fact is large scale communism is not possible and even "communist" countries like the former soviet Union, China and Cuba have some level of capitalism. But This type of capitalism is designed to benefit the government not the people who make pennies for their work while the government sells the work for dollars.

Answer 2

The only experience I have is with Cuba, where a day laborer might make 200 pesos a month or a physician 400; it didn't make a damned bit of difference, as the peso was pretty much worthless, except for buying a newspaper if you could find one, or getting on a bus if you could find one.

When I arrived on the island blackmarketers were offering 7 pesos to the dollar (the idiot US government was paying ten times that, contributing enormously to Cuba's balance of trade). When I left the going rate was 30:1, but the official rate was the same, and we were still happily paying it.

Answer 3

Under Communism, all acts of governance are performed by some committee. In each business, a workers' committee is established. The members of the workers committee determine the wages of each job, the duties of each job, and the production quota for each job. However, a central planning committee for the industry hands down to them production goals and total pay limits, which they must meet when assigning wages and quotas to the workers at their business. Furthermore, the main guiding principle is "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Wages are thus based on need, quotas on previous performance. If you exceed your present quota, they are supposed to raise your next one; if you fall below, they are supposed to lower it, while keeping the total for the business in line with the handed down targets. The same with wages - if yours are inadequate, and you have unmet meeds they consider legitimate, they raise your pay. If you need less (say, a child grows up and goes to live at the school) they lower your pay. Total pay for all workers at the business is also set by the industry committee. Thus, if you want to buy a TV set, you petition the committee to get the money - if they turn you down, you don't get it. In theory, everyone is equal, but in practice, the members of the committee take bettter care of each other. The committee members are elected at meetings of the local Communists Party, so, ultimately, Party members are in control at every level of every business in every industry. Each such functionary has some absolute powers, and some constraints from the next higher up Party Committee, right up to the ruling Central Committee that is nominally in charge of the whole country,

Answer 4

Wage is based on the work performed by a person in communism just like in capitalism.

Answer 5

Their motto is- From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. So, in theory, your wages are based on your needs. It's easy to see the outcome of such a policy. It produces people who whine about their needs. The best whiners are those who get the most. The people who work the least are those who whine about how hard their work is.

Answer 6

There are no wages in communism. You're expected to work for nothing, and the government just gives you whatever they think you are worth to them. If you're not worth enough, you're dragged into a reeducation camp and killed or something.

Answer 7

A good example of how communism works---read
"Leave Your Tears In Moscow"

Answer 8

china is more or less exactly the same as here.

In marx's manifesto, he put forth the idea of proportional compensation. Where you get paid depending on your position and schooling. The more you contribute the more you get. Promotions too are meant to be meritorious.

Answer 9

It is just based on the needs of the person.

Answer 10

mostly education and importance to the goverment. Doctors in the soviet union made little or nothing while scientist in their weapons programs made big bucks.