We keep seeing surveys saying that politicians and journalists are seen as untrustworthy, or that solicitors and estate agents are the most hated professions, but I haven't seen a survey saying who should earn what. What jobs should be accorded the greatest value in society? Should the top earners in our society be who they currently are? Should everybody be paid the same basic wage as some radical priest proposed some years ago? Should a hospital cleaner be paid as much as a doctor? Should a child-carer whether a stay-at-home mother or a minder be paid as much as a nurse? As a doctor?
Should people's pay be related to their part in the production of goods? Should service jobs (teacher, doctor, waiter) pay less than product-producing (factory worker, manufacturing-company director) jobs?