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In reply to the discussion: What I like to tell my RW friends regarding their "working HARDER to EARN a better wage" chestnut - [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)The well paid, whether they be college presidents or CEOs of major companies justify their high salaries with the argument that you have to pay people well if you want them to work hard.
But those same people, be they college presidents or CEOS of major companies or just Joe Blow who owns a hardware store somewhere, will argue that they just can't afford to pay their employees what they know their employees are worth.
If college presidents and CEOS of major companies and Joe Blow who owns a hardware store work harder when they get better pay, why wouldn't the same principle apply to their employees?
Don't the top guys want their employees to work hard? Maybe not. Maybe the top guys are afraid that if the employees work really hard, the employees will take over and the top guys will be out.