Fair means a wage that will avoid undue hardship on the worker .. not whatever wage is agreed upon so that a family can suffer in debt, malnutrition, unrewarding work etc.
In a market based economy, that's not the case. Obviously, it would be absurd to suggest it.
You've already seen the spectacular historical (and near modern day) catastrophies that planned economies result in. Why on earth would you propose we undo all the good markets do, and replace them with things that destroy freedoms and create enoromous levels of poverty and economic stagnation?
If you screw in bolts all day, while you may earnestly "feel" like you need to be able to raise an entire family and put them in college and buy a house on that labor (especially if you just read some socialist BS or heard some marxists poropoganda), but you'd just be irrational. Guess what, you might need to take two such jobs, or, imagine this, develop skills that are in MORE demand for higher pay, in order to increase your pay. You have to better serve society, for society to better value your service. OUTRAGEOUS!! (or not)
You really don't understand the fact that if society doesn't want to pay you to work voluntarily, that you have no right to force them to pay you?
- Hey, I need 10 fish per week for my seafood kiosk and I'll pay $3/lb Can you provide it MusicalAdventurer?
- "No sir, but I have these sticks I picked up, I like sticks, I like collecting them."
- "yeah, no need for sticks, but thanks"
- "No sir, I'm going to have to inform you that you are hereby forced to pay me $3/lb for sticks, because I feel you should, viva la revolution!"
I can't believe you really propose such nonsense.