Values of Life
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Matthew 20:13-15
Well, that's sure where justice comes in at, just before the life after next. Last time we saw the justice being wrought in the land. It finally had gained a more fixed price in value based off the land and not from results. I mean, really, you needn't explain to anyone just what you're doing yet, do you? Then again, an explanation sure would help make it more visible. I'm going somewhere with it all, just bear with me though everything seems all ran away really. Just after, we just saw how fixing the markets wrought more justice in the local economy sector. From there, we've got another matter of fixing the wages. If not, these things are liable to get all out of sorts. I know we've seen it before, but a prime example of this is the laborers sent abroad in the vineyard. Well, the text didn't say really, though I'd assumed it was laborers brought forth of the vineyards. That ought to be a lesson for how dangerous assumptions are from the start. Let's say, they could've been working anywhere for a penny. The point of the matter though wasn't the length of the day nor the heat yet endured along the way. In these days and times, it's become years and experience worked if you happen to think. It's all just a matter as simple as replacing the words. The way of fixing this then so the coin is fair to everyone it seems is paying the same amount regardless of hours worked or actual labor. After all, a living wage is alive so it seems. I'd settle for just enough for a family therewith, but we'll see more on that in a bit. After all, struggling all day for the living is scarcely worth the life that you're given. Thus, let's say there's only a set amount of coin to be had. Not making a whole bunch more unlike the workers solves this problem really, though perhaps the issue is not how much coin is produced. Rather, by paying everyone the same sort of size, you'll ensures that all is fair and equally given out to large numbers of people. Technically, you could've had a lot more come in for all different shifts in varying times and amounts but the numbers of pennies would've all been the same. You can wonder how that would be while the 100 or so standing around in the market aren't there for free. Technically, the owner was hiring whomever he found there at first, which meant with wages like that, the men wouldn't have had to go back to work for a day. It might've been more than a day to be sure, depending on family size and what your intent was to happen. Though, I don't recommend saving up for very much later since you're better off trusting in God to provide for the fold. Though, I don't see what the harm is in a little prior planning of sorts. In fact, that's why we're all here really.