Why $15 an hour minimum wage SUCKS

[Spongebob]

And we could all ride unicorns to work - thus solving the greenhouse gases problem.

But somehow I don"t find either likely.

People tend to be stupid and lazy.

Stupid is forgivable - if the dumb bastard is trying hard.

Lazy isn't bad - if you're brilliant - lazy people innovate and find the best, easiest.way to do things.

But sadly - there are TONS of stupid and lazy pricks out there. You are not going to run out of bottom of the payscale contenders anytime soon.

So you are saying that anyone who works a physical type of labor job is both lazy and stupid?  I know literally scores of people who defy that description and work very hard for their living.  Some do have college degrees but not the sort that get you six figure salaries.  

1.  What do you base your conclusions on?  Do you have research that shows this to be true? 

2.  Do you have any reasonable idea for how the millions of people who aren't fortunate enough to get the kind of guidance and leadership in youth to inspire them to gain the skills and expertise to create a prosperous life?

I will say that I have worked with both dumb and lazy people with college degrees and/or high paying jobs.  So it's clear that being one or even both of those things is not a prophylactic against poverty.  There are other factors involved with not reaching your potential in terms of prosperity and many are completely out of a person's control.  We are fortunate to live in an era and country where there are many, many factors in our favor and many avenues for success.  But there are still many avenues for failure and some of those have the illusion of success.  I believe that in many cases it's wrong to assume that anyone who isn't successful financially must have some character flaw that is responsible, or that they just like being poor.  It's most certainly intellectually lazy to presume so.