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Re:4% will quit if revealed co-workers earn more money by bheadmaster on Friday November 11, 2022 @07:28AM (#33559961)
> You may not know if a single person is supporting a relative or a grandma with cancer. Nor should you.

I see this as the core of the argument - paying people based on their needs requires you to invade their privacy in order to find out their needs. And not wanting your employer to invade your privacy would mean getting some baseline low pay because "you don't have any needs".

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Re:4% will quit if revealed co-workers earn more money by lotsofpulp on Friday November 11, 2022 @07:31AM (#33559999)
I think the core of the argument is that prices are not a function of the seller’s wants or needs.

If I go to the grocery store, I do not pay more for an apple from a farm owned by a family that has a sick grandma than from a farm owned by a family that does not have a sick grandma.

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