Man, I'm probably gonna get ripped for saying this, but I don't much give a damn about the third world workers that are making $.25 a day making shies for Nike. Or rather, I care about them in the context that if Nike has moved overseas just to avoid paying Americans a decent wage, then they should be forced to pay the Vietnamese or something a comparable wage- simply to discourage the company from moving.
I'm not smart enough to care about the whole world. I can't see cause and effect for the whole world. I can see cause and effect in America, or at least the more obvious things.
And Grun, sorry I stopped responding last night, I went to bed lol.
"This is scary and unproductive thinking. But lets say you did implement it, where would you put the cap on socially acceptable income? "
That is a tough question. For me, basic human dignity requires enough money for a house (or some sort of shelter), some form of transportation (either a good mass transit system or a car), and a job that pays well enough to support the first two. Furthermore, I'm of the opinion that as more parents are being forced to work longer hours (and typically both parents are working), the kids are being rather neglected in some important areas. I'm not sure if this is why our society seems like it is going to hell in a handbasket or not, but it sure seems like it is part of it. So I'd also like to further limit the job statement by saying it should pay enough for shelter and transportation, and leave enough money so one worker could support a family.
"Also how would you incentivise capable entreprenours to start their own businesses and create jobs if their own income or ownership stake (wealth in stock equity) was artificially limited. "
Good question, and one that I can't answer.
"Fourther how would you stop these people from leaving your area to go elsewhere and start their business in an area with no such restrictions."
Well this one wouldn't be that hard. Selective tariffs would discourage industries from picking up and moving. By selective I mean that if an industry was in the region before (county, state, country, whatever), and picks up and moves to some other country then that businesses goods would be taxed at a higher rate than some other business who had never been established here. You can't just *stop* the owner from moving out, but you can discourage him.
"In the same light how would you stop job seekers from following them there? Restrict immigration rights?"
I think you mean emigration, and I hadn't much thought about it, to be honest. I'm all for limiting immigration though- until we have enough jobs for the people in this country, we don't need to import more people. And I'm also very much in favor of strictly enforcing illegal immigration laws. If you are born here, and your parents are citizens, then you are a citizen. If you are born here, and your mom is a Mexican in the country illegally- whoops... you are a Mexican, and you are going home with your mother. Schoolkid in the country illegally? Well, sorry lad, but we are shipping you and your family back to Guatemala, you can go to school there. We don't have the money to provide a decent education to all the kids we have now that are here legally, we damn sure can't afford to spend money on kids that are here illegally.