i pay my employees minimum wage.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Exploitation of labour is the act of treating ones workers unfairly for ones own benefit. It is a social relationship based on a fundamental asymmetry in a power relationship between workers and their employers. When speaking about exploitation there is a direct affiliation with consumption in social theory. Traditionally, this would label exploitation as unfairly taking advantage of another person because of his or her inferior position, giving the exploiter the power. Karl Marx, who is considered the most classical and influential theorist of exploitation, did not share the same traditional account of exploitation. Marx's theory explicitly rejects the moral framing characteristic of the notion of exploitation, and restricts the concept to the field of labour relations. In analyzing exploitation, many political economists are often stuck between the explanation of the exploitation of labour given by Marx and Adam Smith. Marx's exploitation theory is one of the major elements analyzed in Marxian economics, and some social theorists consider it to be a cornerstone in Marxist thought. Marx credited the Scottish Enlightenment writers for originally propounding a materialist interpretation of history.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "What is the minimum wage in your area?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "As of January, my state now has the minimum set to $7.85, which is rather low. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "oh my! yes that is very low! I feel that minimum wage should reflect the average rent in each state"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm torn on that. I think that it should meet basic needs, but perhaps half the cost of rent is appropriate, as people could get roommates."}, {"role": "user", "content": "But not everyone wants to get roommates. Also, rent increases every year so half the cost of rent wouldn't be sufficient enough"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I know that not everyone wants to get roommates, but I think that the lowest wage should probably mean compromises need made. Roommates are a great money saver."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I suppose but cost of living is high and it doesnt match up to minimum wage. Who can survive on a hourly pay of 7.85 and still pay rent and food and utilites"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I agree with you on that! Current minimum wage is too low to survive. Even Washington's highest rate of $11.50 would be rough to live on."}]