everywhere116 wrote:Jesse, Bad Boy wrote:everywhere116 wrote:Have you heard of someone "climbing the corporate ladder"? Its simple, you start out at the lowest rung of your corporation, apply yourself, work hard, dont be lazy, get a promotion, apply yourself, work hard, dont be lazy, get a promotion...do that well, you will retire comfortably I guarantee it. One of my cousin's friends started out as a bagboy and ended up in corporate headquarters as an executive.
Corporations are part of the problem. They take money from the government so they can keep wages low (thus attributing to poor wages of those with little skills), force smaller businesses into submission (with the governments help, no less), and enjoy a plethora of legal statuses not conferred upon any other business. To add to that, where do you think the government gets the money from to pay the corporations? The
taxpayers. So not only are they corporations keeping the wages low because of corporate welfare, but they are assisted by the government which in turns takes money from those who fit a lower income bracket. In essence, they get fucked over,
twice
Do you have a source for this. I've never heard of it.
A source is not required for this. Corporations require a government to exist, and that existence is fed upon by money being given to the corporations as investment so that the government gets more upon return.
That in turn leaves the corporation with more money, thus not leaving them with little reason to raise the wages.
Let me break it down.
X = Wages
W = Employee
% =Company Capital
$ = Surplus
x =Government
(=) = Labor/Capital exchange
(?) = Taxation
In a non-corporatist economy it should look like this:
%-X(=)=W
W=(?)x or W=/=(?)x
x=/=%
A corporatist economy looks like this:
x(=)%$
%-X*(=)=W
W=(?)x
x(=)%$
With the first proof, we see that the government does not pass on the funds to the Corporation. Without the extra surplus capital, the Corporation is forced to either raise the wages, or suffer a laborless labor pool, which would negate any capital they have. Thus, they are required to pay a decent wage for the labor required. (I included a non-taxed equation as well, which would add even more capital into the pockets of the workers)
In the second proof, we see that the Corporation still pays out, but significantly lower wages (noted by the *). This is due to the fact that the government is supporting the Corporation, thus leaving the Corporation with little reason to actually raise the wages of their employees. This leaves the employee with less capital. Next, if you add in the often ridiculously high taxation rates (which goes back to the corporation), the employee is left even less capital, keeping them in a near perpetual state of poverty, or at least less capital then they have/should earn.