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cui bono

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5. If you need to take care of yourself and your family you are *not* in a position
Sat Mar 8, 2014, 07:26 AM
Mar 2014

to turn down any employment.

And there absolutely is something immoral about offering to employ people in appalling conditions. It's right there in your statement, "appalling". CEOs are making so much money and the workers are not even making enough to get by without working more than one job. That is immoral.

CEOs and company owners used to make 42 times as much as workers, now I don't know what it is but it's in the thousands iirc. That is immoral.

Another reason it is immoral is that these same companies are getting subsidies and they are not passing it on to the employees. They won't employ people full time so as to not give them benefits so the tax payers end up paying for their hospital visits. All the while the business is making enormous profits and paying ginormous salaries to the CEOs. That is immoral.

Walmart had a food drive for their employees! That is immoral.

Also, evidence shows that paying a good minimum wage or a living wage is good for all involved. It's not bad for the business since the workers have more to spend.



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