[rammstein]

So there's a group of protestors near my office. I ran out just now to get a sandwich, and this guy hands me a flyer. The flyer begins by stating that some big bank (can't remember what it was called) refused to pay fair wages as defined by area standards. Whatever that means.

The next line is what got me- it said that the company had 1.34 Trillion Dollars in assets. That made me nuts for 2 reasons-
1) What difference does it make how much money the company has- wages are wages. If they had no assets, should they pay you next to nothing?

and the bigger
2) ASSETS!!!! Assets are offset by liabilities. No mention of their liabilities- what if they have 2 trillion in liabilities?

Rather than mention on this flyer what their wages were vs. the area standard, they simply said they weren't getting enough and that their company had over a trillion dollars in assets. Because I am supposed to say THAT'S NOT FAIR!!!

They are so ingrained in their feelings of entitlement that they can't even make a valid case for themselves- heck, they MIGHT be right, but they sure didn't do a good job of selling me.

ALSO- how does going on strike work? I've always felt lost on this- I have hated jobs that I had, and felt underpaid. So I went out and found another job. These guys are contruction workers. There is no shortage of construction work down here, and it will be a few years until there is. I guess I should learn a bit about the history of labor disputes, because I am missing something.