Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Mar 29
th, 2016 at 2:42pm:
aquascoot wrote on Mar 29
th, 2016 at 11:57am:
A business owner has money in the bank.
He can use this money to buy things which he needs.
He might need a motor vehicle.
he goes and negotiates the best price he can with the local auto yard.
if its a "valuable" vehicle, he pays more.
he might need computers and phones.
These, he also buys according to market conditions in what he and the seller agree is a fair price.
None of this needs to involve government.
Its is buyers and sellers.
If he doesnt offer enough money, the seller is under no obligation to sell.
The employee is a seller of labor.
If he is very valuable, like a BMW, he will fetch a fine price.
If he has failed to make himself valuable, if he blows smoke, has a dodgy clutch and bald tyres, he will fetch a lesser price.
Either way, it is the a trade of money for labor. it is something that has been going on since time began.
Both sides need to agree on a price for this exchange and the government does not need to be involved.
The dodgy car with the bad paint and rust cant really appeal to the government. what the dodgy car should do to fetch a good price is to look after its tryes, work hard on improving its performance, wash itself regularly to prevent rust , always be relaible, never complain when asked to tow a heavy load. In this way the purchaser will say...this car is valuable. i will retain it and i wont be replacing it as it serves my purpose well
It doesn't matter if he's a BMW or whatever - unless there are minimum wage values he will be paid a tiny amount if left in the hands entirely of the business owner.
Sell a bad car to anyone and the government can and will jump all over you.You need to get into town a bit more often..... this isolated life on the horse farm is not doing you a lot of good.
No Grapples, you have it "cart before the horse"
The seller of the bad car is the employee who has not "upgraded himself" by reading, doing study, acquiring new skills.
The "bad car" is not valuable as the "bad employee" is not valuable.
If you are a "bad car"...negative attitude, dont have drive, poor emotional control, poor work ethic, then you arent very valuable and as you rightly point out , when you try to sell yourself to an employer , if you are a dud, the government should indeed "jump all over you"
In fact, i would be willing to support government legislation where workers who are duds and not very valuable could face fines or even imprisonment for false representation.
When an employer spends his money, he is entitled to consumer protection to ensure he gets what he paid for
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