My friend, you need to take some econ classes. Employment is a free will agreement between employer and employee. If you want to be freer of the need to work hard, then simply buy less stuff. Then you won’t believe you neeed to be paid more.
My friend you need to obey the teachings of the Church and not the teachings of right wing conservatism whish IS materialism and individualism, Let us hear the words of the Church:
2434 A just wage is the legitimate fruit of work. To refuse or withhold it can be a grave injustice.221 In determining fair pay both the needs and the contributions of each person must be taken into account. "Remuneration for work should guarantee man the opportunity to provide a dignified livelihood for himself and his family on the material, social, cultural and spiritual level, taking into account the role and the productivity of each, the state of the business, and the common good."222 Agreement between the parties is not sufficient to justify morally the amount to be received in wages.
… before deciding whether wages are fair, many things have to be considered; but wealthy owners and all masters of labor should be mindful of this - that to exercise pressure upon the indigent and the destitute for the sake of gain, and to gather one’s profit out of the need of another, is condemned by all laws, human and divine. To defraud any one of wages that are his due is a great crime which cries to the avenging anger of Heaven. . Lastly, the rich must religiously refrain from cutting down the workmen’s earnings, whether by force, by fraud, or by usurious dealing; and with all the greater reason because the laboring man is, as a rule, weak and unprotected, and because his slender means should in proportion to their scantiness be accounted sacred. Were these precepts carefully obeyed and followed out, would they not be sufficient of themselves to keep under all strife and all its causes?—Rerum Novarum Pope Leo XIII
… A number of human rights also concern human welfare and are of a specifically economic nature. First among these are the rights to life, food, clothing, shelter, rest, medical care, and basic education. These are indispensable to the protection of human dignity. In order to ensure these necessities, all persons have a right to earn a living, which for most people in our economy is through remunerative employment. All persons also have a right to security in the event of sickness, unemployment, and old age. Participation in the life of the community calls for the protection of this same right to employment, as well as the right to healthful working conditions, to wages, and other benefits sufficient to provide individuals and their families with a standard of living in keeping with human dignity, and to the possibility of property ownership.(39) These fundamental personal rights—civil and political as well as social and economic—state the minimum conditions for social institutions that respect human dignity, social solidarity, and justice. They are all essential to human dignity and to the integral development of both individuals and society, and are thus moral issues.(40) Any denial of these rights harms persons and wounds the human community. Their serious and sustained denial violates individuals and destroys solidarity among persons
—The Dignity of Workers, Pope John Paul II
The economy must serve people, not the other way around. Work is more than a way to make a living; it is a form of continuing participation in God’s creation. Employers contribute to the common good through the services or products they provide and by creating jobs that uphold the dignity and rights of workers—to productive work, to decent and just wages, to adequate benefits and security in their old age, to the choice of whether to organize and join unions, to the opportunity for legal status for immigrant workers, to private property, and to economic initiative. Workers also have responsibilities—to provide a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay, to treat employers and co-workers with respect, and to carry out their work in ways that contribute to the common good. Workers, employers, and unions should not only advance their own interests, but also work together to advance economic justice and the well-being of all
.–Faithful Citizenship USCCB.
No one is forcing you to be a slave to the materialism that is peddled in the leftist media.
Corporations which “shop” for low prices on wages in China are no different than your wife shopping for low prices on goods at Wal-Mart. One is simply the producer side, the other is the consumer side. To ignore this equality of free markets would be an example of bigotry and ignorance. The socialists hope that people remain ignorant of this basic truth. The Popes are opposed to socialism. Materialism and other ills are peddled in the leftist pop culture media. Free yourself by turning it off.
Why do you exchange the truth of God for a lie? First it is not the left that is materialistic it is the right. If left wing politics is associated with Marxism then you need to know the entire philosephy behind Marxism was anti materialism, anti capitalism and a labor based market over a free market. Of course I reject marxism because it is the polar opposite of extreme Capitalism, both are totalitarianism and both violate human dignity. So what you are asking me to turn off and are calling “left wing” is Catholic doctrine. So why do you exchange the truth of God for a lie? You cannot serve both God and wealth. It is not materialism to ask for a just and living wage so that one can properly support his family. Do you realize you have fallen into apostacy?
To Him Be the Glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus,
David
