Robert ReichThank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children.
Pay all workers a living wage.
pan_demonium@rbreich
If you work a full-time (or, call me crazy, any job) you deserve healthcare, education, and elderly/child care for that commitment. Committing to help support the biggest economy in the world. It should be reciprocal as every company person expects.
We should not have a "living wage" in America, we should have a "thriving wage". Why can't a worker prosper along with the economy that work supports? In short, capitalism.
We can do better, solutions exist, but we will need accountable reps
If you work a full-time (or, call me crazy, any job) you deserve healthcare, education, and elderly/child care for that commitment. Committing to help support the biggest economy in the world. It should be reciprocal as every company person expects.
We should not have a "living wage" in America, we should have a "thriving wage". Why can't a worker prosper along with the economy that work supports? In short, capitalism.
We can do better, solutions exist, but we will need accountable reps
Julaun@pan_demonium @rbreich You might be crazy, in that having healthcare shouldn’t be dependent on employment. A case could be made that the other things you listed should also not be dependent. In other words, you’re not wrong, we’ve just been conditioned to accept scraps and struggle for basic needs.
@julaun @rbreich
I agree, I see how I was unclear before.
I don't think ppls humanity/value comes from work, or that you have to work to have value. The right to life shouldn't be contingent on work. I support all the assistance I listed, and more, being provided without work requirements.
I wanted to make a case that, even in a neoliberal frame, things could drastically improve.
In the confines of neoliberal ideology based on "merit" and "competition", you still don't get your fair share.
I agree, I see how I was unclear before.
I don't think ppls humanity/value comes from work, or that you have to work to have value. The right to life shouldn't be contingent on work. I support all the assistance I listed, and more, being provided without work requirements.
I wanted to make a case that, even in a neoliberal frame, things could drastically improve.
In the confines of neoliberal ideology based on "merit" and "competition", you still don't get your fair share.