Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Need for Inequality
I would normally be an advocate for equality but in the case of work inequality is necessary. In capitalism, a system of separation of tasks and responsibility achieves productivity. With separate jobs unequal pay, power, and benefits are sure to follow. Why should a blue collar worker get be paid as much as a CEO? The CEO has probably been schooled to be the brain behind the operations of companies. They deserve to be rewarded for their intellectual and business direction. Also, inequality breeds competition thus incentive to ‘work hard.’ Employees have incentive to climb up the corporate ladder. Most people do not argue against inequality in the workplace but debate about how much inequality is suitable. I would like to see the gap between the rich and poor decrease in size but what methods would have to be taken to achieve this? Another issue might exist in the capitalistic system. In class we agreed M-C-M’. The rich are able to make more money with money. Even if we evened out the economic field, wouldn’t the rich be able to make their money back over time? If I took a billion dollars from Bill Gates and gave it to the poor, couldn’t he just make the billion dollars back? My issue isn’t that the rich are too rich. I would just like to see those living under or near the poverty line out of their situations. What can we do? Steal from the rich to give to the poor? Provide the poor with cheaper resources to live? Require corporations to raise their lowest salaries? Identifying the problem is easy in comparison to coming up with and installing a solution.
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I agree that inequality is unavoidable in the work place. People that go to school and get degrees, doctorates, and MBAs should definitely be paid more than a regular blue collar worker. These people have gone through years of learning and studying to get where they are and should be rewarded and it should be evident through their pay. Also I agree with this idea of inequality breeds competition. If you see someone in the workplace that seems to have it 'all together' then it would make sense that you would want to strive to attain that. Now I'm not talking about happiness here cause that is a different subject, but maybe attaining the knowledge and power could make someone want to work harder and learn more. Also I believe the gap between rich and poor will never be broken. I think the best thing that can happen is that the rich give to the poor in a sense of humanity. A lot of the rich and powerful people in this country could afford to give up some money and I believe this could help bring about a connection between these two groups.
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