Issue date: 6/21/05 Section: Opinion

While I empathize with the alleged plight of workers who seem to be underpaid at A&M, I also realize the reality of the situation. The market should be the only determining factor in the wage setting of workers.

A&M is a great school, but we still abide by the same principles of economics and capitalism like the rest of the country. If the pay is bad enough, workers should and would simply quit to find something better.

And to think that higher pay would "increase productivity and reduce turnover" as Hershel Patel states is simply nonsense. In an ideal world, yes it would, but then again, the USSR would also be thriving under the "success" of communism in these "ideal world" conditions. The real world simply does not work that way.

The only thing that would increase productivity would be to provide incentive for the workers based on how well their job was done, similar to tips for waiters.

If wages need to be increased for workers at A&M, the market will adjust itself accordingly, not some task force or arbitrary mail call complaints.


Todd Quillen
Class of 2007

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