basic

Kindly specify what you think is the very best basic truism in the history of mankind. :D I'll go with YOU NEVER KNOW. :D

A basic wage is a min wage payment independent of labor hours. In a basic wage system, a person receives a regular weekly/monthly/yearly (depending on how it's set up) payment of a predetermined amount whether the person worked a 60/h week or not at all. The idea behind the basic wage is...