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26. If there is a job to be filled, that job should pay a living wage.

I think there is a pervasive, inexplicable, pathological hatred of labor in this country, and it comes from the top down. It comes from the left and the right. Our government sets the example that only the wealthy are worthy of human dignity, and if you have to work for a living, you are beneath contempt. It started with the minimum wage workers, and now it's creeping up, to teachers, nurses, welders, customer service representatives, really through every pay scale. The fact remains, countries that make sure their workers live well, are healthy and prosperous, are ranked as the better places to start and run businesses.

There's never any shortage of people, even on the left, ready to scold the worker for their perceived shortcomings. We can't say there is dignity in work, but not *your* work, we didn't mean you, you're just some kind of stupid asshole. This sort of attitude, from the party that is supposed to be on the side of the working class people, makes me sick.