From: | Richard Tomasso rtomasso@*******.com |
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Subject: | Minimum Wage (was: Realism) |
Date: | Thu, 30 Sep 1999 13:23:35 -0400 (EDT) |
> It's a fact I use a lot in SR; this security guard is probably making ten
> percent over minimum wage. He doesn't want to die. He just wants to feed
> himself and/or his family. And he really doesn't care a whole lot about his
> lousy-paying job.
Here's a question, is there a Minimum Wage in shadowrun?
If so, do the megas have to pay it for their ET sites?
Off-hand I'd say there isn't one anymore. Given the greater corporate
influence I'd think the law was repealed or at least it was never increased
and inflation took care of the value of such a wage, making it a moot point.
There's hints that the welfare system either collapsed or was thrown out,
which would also make me think the minimum wage was eliminated.
Then again, keeping it would serve to keep metas out of the job pool,
which I'm sure some pols would love to do. And some would see it as a way
to force the Megas to pay out a living wage to the constituency.