Reply #182: No.

[Radical Activist]

Not all work is equally difficult nor does all work have equal value, and the cost of living is not equal in every area. What you're suggesting unjustly punishes those who make greater personal efforts at more difficult jobs or who choose to live in urban areas.

I also have concerns about giving so power to any government that it could mandate a national equal wage. If a government has that much control over every detail of our lives then it will eventually control our lives in other ways that are less appealing.

I'd rather see a decentralized economic system of worker-owned business and organizations. Let the workers vote for their company board of directors, owner/workers share in the profits instead of being limited to a wage, and give power to the workers in a company to decide how much each job is worth.

Obama's platform is more moderate than my ideals but I appreciate his progressive, anti-authoritarian approach to making change.