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Capitalists want a workforce that is desperate and does not have basic needs met. So the argument is that if people aren't desperate enough they won't work? Think about medical care. If you owned a factory wouldn't you want workers to show up, healthy and fed and ready to work? Sure they do, but they would rather have desperate people who have no choice but to work for pennies, who can't afford to take time off to vote or strike.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

    For public services and non profit, here you say you think wages are the only component included: "But in many cases those services represent the value. So what winds up being included is just the wage." When you say "just the wage" it means you don't think other costs are included (materials, overhead).

    I speculated that the total cost must be used. Then you say the truth is exactly like you say but the quote you provide says this "the value of government output is deemed to be exactly equal to the total cost of the wages paid to public servants plus the cost of intermediate inputs."

    If you look up the definition of intermediate inputs you'll see it includes other services, goods, and energy. So in the case of nursing they include medical supplies, electricity, and office costs like payroll services. It doesn't seem like that's what you said in your first post.

    Regarding dividends, they are a distribution of profit. They are not a cost. Shareholders own a portion of the company. In a privately owned company the owner may transfer money from the company account to his personal account. This is not a cost for the business. In the same way, payments of dividends is a distribution of profit to shareholders.

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    It occurred to me after seeing a video about England's low GDP per capita, that Income per capita is the amount workers receive (before taxes), so the difference I think, is the amount taken by companies as profit. Am I missing something? Seems right to me

     

    Photo caption: "The Nukak are expert hunters. The men hunt using 3 meters long blow guns with darts coated with curare. They hunt monkeys such as the squirrel monkey. When a mother with a baby is killed sometimes the baby survives the fall from the forest canopy. The survivor is kept as pet and protein storage until it will be big enough to be eaten." Altos de Aqua Bonita -2006

     

    Step 1: Boil a pot of water to a full boil, it should take about 8-9 minutes

    Step 2: Use a spoon to put the eggs in one at a time, but hover each one just above the water for about 5 seconds before gently putting it in. This prevents the shells from cracking due to shock of the hot water.

    Step 3: Set a timer for 8:30-9:00

    Step 4: While the eggs are cooking, get a bowl filed with ice water

    Step 5: When timer goes off, put the eggs but not the hot water in the ice water. Let them sit for about 45 seconds. This step will make sure the egg shells peel off of the egg without sticking

    Step 6: Remove the eggs from the ice water. I like to do this before they cool down much, so they are still warm when I eat them.

    I've looked at dozens of articles online that don't work. This combines two methods and adds some improvements. If you put the eggs in and then bring the water to a boil the shells stick when you try to peel them. If you don't hover the egg over the hot water for a few seconds some eggs will crack and raw egg fills the water. If you don't put the eggs in ice water they will be tough to peel. I like to eat boiled eggs with salt and pepper and I put mustard on the side of the plate to dip them in, tastes like a deviled egg.

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