Need for Decent Wages

Walter, you restate my father's position.  Give a man a job with decent wages and he will know what to do with the money.  My father survived the depression and was the only person in his family at the time who had any kind of income.  In effect, he supported all of them, although they produced some food on their small family farm.  When I was in Wiarton, the guidance counselor, the late John Johnson, who grew up in Sudbury, served in World War II, and was one of the few NDP supporters, openly anyway, there, put it this way.  "Give a man a decent wage and he will purchase food, medical care, housing, and piano lessons for his kids."  Both my father and John understood the need for worker purchasing power to drive economics and provide humane standards of living.  Yes, I agree.  Wages are central.