Human Rights Day What One Thing Would You Change

Human Rights are a Dilemma for Everyone

Today, in honor of Human Rights Day, instead of solving an individual dilemma, I have a different idea. What is one issue that is considered “human rights” that you devote a lot of time and energy to and why? What would be an ideal outcome for your efforts?

My Chosen Human Rights Improvement:

I had to think long and hard on this one, because there are so many issues under the umbrella of human rights that are near and dear to my heart. So I focused on finding one action that could lift as many people as possible from abject poverty. Here it is:

Limit all executives at businesses to making 25x the annual salary plus benefits of their lowest-paid full-time worker.

If the executive wants to make more money, they have to raise the pay for those at the bottom of the scale. It largely doesn’t affect small businesses, because typically the CEOs of small businesses don’t make more than 25x their lowest-paid employees. The number is based on what actual executive pay vs entry pay used to be in the 1950s and 1960s when the US had a robust middle class.

Will it solve every problem in the world and erase poverty? No. Would it have a huge impact? Yes.

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What Specific Issue Would You Tackle And How Would You Change It?

• What are your ideas?
• Human rights include things like:
• Poverty eradication
• Anti-racism
• Rights for LGBTQIA+ folk
• Disability rights
• Climate change action
• Pro-democracy issues
• Issues of law enforcement and justice
• Equal access issues.

Which one(s) of these do you want to work on?

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