Reply #22: ::laughs::

[Nimrod]

Dammit, I was hoping YOU'D have some. :)

Well... I would say the first step is to understand exactly what it is we DO want, being as specific as possible. It's easy to wish for change but when it comes down to actually describing the best case scenario, things get vague - and this is something I'm very guilty of, I'll admit it freely. The REALLY hard part is everything has to be examined and hypothetically taken to ridiculous extremes, because that is what WILL happen.

For example, lets say we set the goal of raising the minimum wage. Companies that are forced to raise their tiny wages will simply protect their precious profit margins by raising their already overbloated prices (Okay, you can see I'm not thrilled with corporate politics - bear with me). So then other companies will raise THEIR prices because that's what the new market will bear, and they'll just pocket the difference. Then property managers and landlords will raise their rents because THEIR cost of living has gone up and they want to protect THEIR incomes. Then small business owners will have to raise their prices because their rent has gone up. So in about 30 days we're back to exactly where we started and those of us on the bottom of the food chain making minimum wage are taking it in the shorts again.

Only one thing actually trickles down, and it AIN'T money.

Honestly, I don't know. Something horrendous may very likely have to happen. We might just have to wait until the fall of the New Roman Empire and see if there's anything worth bothering to pick out of the ashes.