alki_2008
It is not the primary job of the workers to do the company any good.
IMO, when workers say that they should be paid more because they’ve helped the company be profitable, then it’s those same workers’ responsibility to continue making the company profitable after they’re paid more money.
Striking employees often say that they should be paid more because their company is making money from the work they do. Using that argument, the workers should be concerned with ensuring the company continues to make money…otherwise, there was no reason to pay the workers more in the first place.
I think some people that favor all the “bonus taxes” currently proposed might change their mind if they knew the specific details of many employees that would be affected. It’s not as cut-and-dry as mass media makes it seem to be.