Comment by autoexec

> It works out to roughly paying a secretary at the municipal building $150k/yr to answer the phone? Do data entry? Collect payment for tickets?

I makes absolutely no difference what she was doing for the company because every second that she was on the clock what she wasn't doing was spending her time with loved ones, pursuing her own goals and interests, or even deciding for herself when she could have lunch or take a break.

Our time on earth is tragically short, and even someone pushing a broom for 8 hours a day is sacrificing decades of their life so that someone else can make money. Any work that needs doing and requires a person to make that sacrifice entitles that person to a living wage and a retirement. People should not have to work for someone else from the age of 18 until they drop dead.