We'll Always Have This Argument.

       Here's the argument and the rational behind it. If you're accustomed to earning $20,000 or $50,000 or 100 or 500 or even more and somebody tells you that you have to make less, you're not gonna like it. And it doesn't matter whether it's wages or profits or stock returns or anything else. And if you're in a position to do anything about it, you're gonna do that and stop it from happening.
       So when the government tells business it has to pay for health insurance for it's full time employees, business is gonna make it's full time employees part time employees. Because business doesn't want to give up the profits it's accustomed to. That's pretty straight forward and understandable. Nobody wants to earn less. Not Even The Employees.
       But ya know what? We'd be having this same argument, even if we were talking about an increase to minimum wage. In fact that argument is ongoing. On the other hand, and from the perspective of the employee, if the management and ownership can afford health insurance, why shouldn't employees be able to afford such insurance? And what about wages? If management can get whopping increases in income, why shouldn't employees get at least a living wage?
       I understand why a company feels it's management is worth more than it's employees, but why is it they think management is worth hundreds upon hundreds of times what it's employees are worth? How many companies have tried to get the product out the door without the employees? If the efforts of one person has value, then that value should be worth a living wage. If that person works half time then they should make living wages for the half time he or she works.
       Now, I understand that many companies are gonna take a hit on this issue. Some will be forced to downsized, some can increase the price of the product, some will grow and some will be forced out of business. But ya know what? The ones who are forced out of business obviously didn't have a management team that was up to the task. They shouldn't have been making what they were making in the first place. That's what they call capitalism. Capitalism isn't the science of forcing people to live on substandard wages without healthcare. At least not if it's capitalism for everyone. And the law doesn't say "capitalism is only for the chosen few."