Whenever
I get into one of those pointless arguments about Right to Work, Unions
and Minimum wage I think of this formative Point made by Loehle Gast
long ago:
“I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
“I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;
For Life is just an employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have gladly paid.”
― Jessie B. Rittenhouse
No one ever has to stay at a minimum wage Job. Only skill and ability (not education or union affiliation) has the capacity to bring you up. You can't legislate income. That's a choice.
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have gladly paid.”
― Jessie B. Rittenhouse
No one ever has to stay at a minimum wage Job. Only skill and ability (not education or union affiliation) has the capacity to bring you up. You can't legislate income. That's a choice.
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