September 2007
I got pissed-off today after reading a post on the wall of my favorite coffee shop. It claims Burger King exploits farm workers. Probably from a student at the People’s Republic of New College.. There is no such thing as worker exploitation in this country! Nobody puts a gun to the head of those poor workers, forcing them to accept $3 an hour. Employment is a contract between a worker and employer, where job description and salary are defined and agreed upon, as long as both respect the contract, there is no exploitation, it’s a business deal. You don’t like the pay? Say no. Businesses are not responsible for people’s well being. People are responsible for themselves. You may argue that they have no choice. Why not? What if the business didn’t exist in the first place, then what? People always have the choice to accept a job or not. I am tired of people who reject responsibility and blame everyone but themselves. The reason you don’t starve today, the reason why you have decent clothes, a TV, computer and an Ipod, is because the United States adopted a system loosely based on capitalism. To the people who always complain about this country (they probably never traveled abroad), think everything should be served to them on a silver plater and blame “evil corporations” for their own failings, I say go live in a communist country for a year.. Hell, just get out, this country doesn’t need freeloaders. Unhappy workers and those who claim they are exploited should examine their own lives instead of blaming those who offer them an opportunity to make a living.
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