to be fair I kinder agree with that.. I like the john lewis business model but I also know that bigger the company the bigger the cash flow they need and also they need to pay for maternity leave sick pack and all sorts of other stuff...
I pay a chap $3 an hour to work for me on another project... I asked how much he wanted he told me I pay him... I would happily pay him more... he is worth 4x that but the simple fact is that is what he is willing to work for...
Money is not a motivator for work this has been proven time and time again... how many times growing up have you begged for that 25p pay rise to get it and for a few months be happy then a year passes and you need 25p more an hour... reality is as your pay increases your spend increases.
increasing the minimum wage would just drive up the price of everything else and then people would need more money
I could live on £250 a week no bother £7.20 x 40 hours minus a bit for NI if the wife was working 40 hours as well thats another £250 a week for arguments sake... £2k a month £24K a year...
I challenge anybody to write down every penny they spend each day and at the end of the week see what they waste on s**t like costa coffee... fags... booze... newspapers etc
I dont want to get into an argument though as I respect every bodies opinions