Phatboy writes:
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The parable only differentiates the time worked. It would be as if two people made $20.00 an hour and one worked ten hours and one worked an hour and both received $200.00 paychecks.
But then they both don't make $20/hr. One makes that rate while the other makes $200/hr.
You seem to be equivocating among pay rates. There's what people are "worth," what people are "offered," and what people "expect." You seem to be jumping back and forth among all three as the need suits you.
Too, there seems to be a disconnect as to what was contracted. Was it the job or was it the effort put into the job?
For example, if I want to have a document typed up, I might offer $100 to the person who does it. If you're a poor typist, it might take you all day, but the contract is to complete the job, not the amount of effort you put into it.
Nobody would be upset if I then gave a similar document to somebody else who can type like lightning and gets it done in an hour and pay $100 for that, too. This is what's known as "piece work." You get paid by the physical output you create, not by the amount of time you put into it.
So the question is: Does the parable contract for the job or for the effort?
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And as for crashfrogs complaint that some people work less and get paid higher per hour wages, is this not life?
Are you saying we shouldn't work to make life more fair? It is futile to try and improve the lot of the world because it is something that can never be accomplished?
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The parable pays everyone 1X amount but some work 1/3 T while others work 1T.
Which, if the contract is for effort, is unfair.
Rrhain
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