re: #94 Shiplord Kirel

It’s not in the video but Barton’s source on the minimum wage is apparently the Parable of the Vineyard in Matthew 20.

Barton has indeed pulled his interpretation out of his ass.

Very interesting.

9 “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. 10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12 ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’

13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ 16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Why is this a good thing? Isn’t that kinda communistic? Everyone gets paid the same pay no matter how hard or how long they worked?