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[quote="Zhukov"]

Nobody mentioned Communism! Be relevant!

Under communism, nobody receives a wage. The labour theory of value is not a way of allocating wages.

Wage: Payment for labor or services to a worker, especially remuneration on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis or by the piece.

A wage need not be payed for in money. In may be payed for in food, clothing, etc.

The so-called Socialist 'incentive problem' is that since people are no longer disease-ridden or lacking education, they wont bother working. Under capitalism people apparantly have to work for these things.

The incentive problem is much more than that, as I already posted.

Doing what you want to do is Communism, if you don't want to do anything under Socialism; if you want to lay around and do nothing, you get nothing.

But you do not get more for working more productive jobs, hurting incentive.

There are a few ideas on how to get the undesirable jobs done in a Socialist society, although you have to realise that alot of garbage men/sewer cleaners/whatever, do these jobs because they like them. Other than that, I see eveyone doing these jobs for a small period of time each year. Society can share the task.

But under communism, there is no authority to force people to take such jobs, and I have never met garbage men/sewer cleaners/whatever who enjoy their job. Furthermore, even if society did share the task without the necessity of police enforcement, it could considerably hurt productivity as a result of weakened specialization.

Moron! What have I told you! Are you doing this on purpose? There is no equal wage under Sociaism. "Equal Wages" is one of the biggest lies that the ruling class has managed to get people to believe. Why would there be equal wages?

Really? No wages? In that case, everyone gets everything, regardless of whether they work or not. You have no understanding of what a wage is.

Why would the doctor be paid less? Put your answer in any term you like. He would be paid more. The artist would be paid more too. But if a doctor works harder than an artist (which I am sure they do) then a doctor would be paid more.

I am comparing to modern doctor incomes. A doctor would necessarily be paid less under a communist system, because under communism all wages would need to be calculated to an average and then distributed per capita. Doctors currently make more than the average.

Why does Cuba have so many doctors? They have so many that they send them away to other countries. You may be confused though, because it is possible that a waitress/waiter can earn more in a day than a doctor. This is result of tourists using the US dollar, not "Equal Wages".

Understand?

Cuba is not a socialist or communist country. After the loss of Soviet foreign aid, Cuba enacted several market-based reforms. It is now a "mixed socialist economy in which both the government and the private sector interact to coordinate production and clear markets." http://www.cubafacts.com/Economy/econmain.htm

Even during times of greater socialism, doctors made more than other workers because wages were not the same for all classes and the government could choose your job.

Understand?