[Closed] "Living Wage" = Inflation?

It'll propbably not help people on lower incomes to buy a house [u](which isn't a divine right)[/u] as the banks will be too ****ed to lend any money.

No but it should be! government should have to make sure adequate and affordable housing is available for its people we pay them to look after us ...all of us not just the rich.

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/future-business-alternatives-capitalism

interesting article which shows there are alternatives to capitalism as we know it.

Given that two of his three pillars of capitalism do not exist in reality, seems a rather misjudged title/article

The definitive opening may not hold up to scrutiny either

Other than that.....

No but it should be!

No but it should be! government should have to make sure adequate and affordable housing is available for its people we pay them to look after us ...all of us not just the rich.

Agree with your second sentence. However, providing adequate and affordable housing availability, is not the same as providing a divine right to own a house. If you get housing right, people don't even necessarily want to own a house - look at Germany for instance.

Given that two of his three pillars of capitalism do not exist in reality, seems a rather misjudged title/article

The definitive opening may not hold up to scrutiny either

Other than that.....

Classic. Now including an off-hand dismissal of climate change.

Very true, so they keep needing to be better at what they do or do something else or accept wage deflation.

Easily said from your smug perch, but less easy for those struggling to put food on their kids' table to put into practice. Unless you want to take part in some sort of Liberatrian race to the bottom, then its the government's job to help people get over the hill and find a better life, not just sit back and let the devil take the hindmost.

Nice DR, how well put.

Yes there are things that governments might do, we just differ in terms of what they are.