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Originally Posted by RainMaker
Your argument has been that these companies cannot afford to hire people at higher wages without raising prices.
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Not really. I'm saying they can't pay a higher enough amount to make a significant difference, not that they can't increase them *at all*. I haven't made an all-or-nothing argument here.
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Originally Posted by RainMaker
It's just debunked propaganda by people making 6 and 7-figure incomes who are upset that people won't work their garbage jobs for garbage pay. Like I said, there's no "labor shortage" in high-end executive positions for a reason.
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It's neither debunked nor propaganda, and I've been among what you would call the 'working poor' my entire adult life.
How much do you think a company like Ethan Allen should be paying? Do you think six-figures for an average employee is reasonable? It's always easy to say they should pay more. How much more do you think they can afford, based on what, without raising prices? What evidence do we have whatever that amount would be would be enough to bring in the amount of needed employees?
Also, what's your definition of 'garbage jobs for garbage pay'? Anything below six figures?
What we have right now is just 'they should pay more' with no boundaries or reasonable constraints to it. That strikes me as empty rhetoric since as a matter of basic logic, there are limits.