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Originally Posted by crucifissio
this is not what socialism or communism is about...both systems naturally want their citizens to earn lots of money...but both in theory want as much equality as possible therefore the means of production are owned by everybody...
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This is what I have a problem with, or maybe don't understand.
The fact that she was able to save $4000 means that she was able to lower her expenses to an amount, by sacrificing, and able to save that additional money whereas other people were not able to. This could then mean that next time she should be paid less money because the $4000 is proof that she didn't truly need it all.
The government does this with budgets all the time. They will give a department a budget of let's say $1 million. If that department finds a way to have expenses of only $900,000, that leaves $100,000 left over. The next budget cycle, that department will only get $900,000 because they proved in the previous cycle that's all they really needed. This leads to departments burning through every penny they are given because they don't want to lose their budget the next time. Creating extreme waste and nonchalant attitudes towards money when they should be rewarded for saving money instead of punished.
But what you are saying is, "I will give you both the same exact job, with the same exact opportunities and what you do with those opportunities is on you." Is that right?