>at Athens this was two drachmas per day in the 4th century BC, the standard daily wage for a skilled craftsman

Assuming that you could safely grant forgiveness for crippling debts, which I have long held responsible, along with property taxes, for wage inflation among my peers, does anyone else think that we might just manage a simple majority in favour of such a egalitarian pay system? I'm thinking there's still remaining enough undiscovered wealth accessible to the entrepreneurial mind regardless of absolutely income.