pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year ago[Serious] The revolution was successful! The old government is gone. You get to help write the new Constitution. What do you put into it?message-squaremessage-square356fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down123
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-square[Serious] The revolution was successful! The old government is gone. You get to help write the new Constitution. What do you put into it?pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square356fedilink
minus-squareConyak@lemmy.tflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agoI get where you are going but it would make more sense to be based on a percentage above a living wage or something like that. In 100 years 10 million will be worth a lot less than today.
minus-squareGombeenSysadmin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoMaybe start it at 10m and index link it to the average wage thereafter. Make it in their own interests to boost everyone’s wages.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMake sure it’s the median wage rather than the mean wage, otherwise they can just hugely increase wages for a few outliers.
I get where you are going but it would make more sense to be based on a percentage above a living wage or something like that. In 100 years 10 million will be worth a lot less than today.
Maybe start it at 10m and index link it to the average wage thereafter. Make it in their own interests to boost everyone’s wages.
I like that idea!
Make sure it’s the median wage rather than the mean wage, otherwise they can just hugely increase wages for a few outliers.