Just what we need is another acronym, but I woke up a few mornings ago thinking about the need for an organization with more innovative ideas about society and economy. The name for such might be "Economic Fairness is Essential" or EFIE.
One idea to consider is indexing salaries of SD Governor, college presidents, legislators,etc. on some fixed multiple of the minimum wage. Fixed so that the only way these currently overpaid in relation to their work can only get more increases by increasing the minimum wage.
Surely others can come up with ideas which might be more logical or more likely to gain political support in the fight for economic fairness.
*** Stay tuned and think about your own ideas for EFIE--- Doug Wiken
Hey, Doug, what if we do this: Promise to pay every state official on your EFIE index list a per diem to cover expenses, but then offer salary on top of minimum wage multiplied by 12 hours a day (because we assume governing is really hard work and we expect them to take their work home, just like we do teachers)?
Posted by: caheidelberger | Nov 25, 2014 at 06:37 AM