If every person was paid the same, how good would the economy be?

United States
September 1, 2010 9:42am CST
Why do the people that do the most harsh labor get paid less than most? The Police, they pratically keep the peace. Why do they get paid less than the correction officer's?Why do Judges get paid more than the lawyers. Why do the employees at Burger King get paid minimum wage, when they have to deal with some of the most rudest people. What will the economy be like if every person was paid the same no matter what labor?
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@thebest1 (658)
• Romania
1 Sep 10
Hello! You aren't right!A doctors learn 5 years to became doctor and after that he has our lives in his hand.How to pay him with same amount like women who cleaning your office,who learn only read and write and nothing more? The teacher who learn our children...how to pay him with same amount like boy who wash dishes in a restaurant?is not fair!This is my opinion! All the best! :)
• United States
1 Sep 10
Well, i think it wouldn't do a lot of good. They have minimum wage for a reason. Labor and labor laws for a reason as well. A person should expect that if they work and get paid for they do that it's worth getting paid that much for it. A lot of things go into play when you look at it like this and it's difficult to say that every one having the same pay would make a difference. Would you want someone who come in 10 years after you did to make the same pay you are making now. no, of course not. You want to get paid for you being at your job for 10 years and the person just starting that career should get close to the amount of what you started out. That's how it works. If a person has more experience in there field they should get more money. After all they put in the work to get there before and they may have also put in the degree for it as well.
• United States
1 Sep 10
Would you want a person that has little experience but take a little test and then becomes the boss of you. If I realized that in ten years that person will still make the same money as me I would not be mad. Just because you work in the same restaurant for twenty years does not mean you will be manager.