RE: I think I'm working for the Republicans
February 15, 2014 at 12:52 am
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2014 at 12:54 am by Mudhammam.)
(February 14, 2014 at 6:04 am)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote:(February 13, 2014 at 11:44 pm)Lek Wrote: Minimum wage jobs were never meant to provide a living.
Yes, they were. That was precisely the very point of a minimum wage from the start. Employers were previously able to pay slave wages and workers often labored in miserable conditions that forced many to live in slums and basically be corporate serfs.
Even if a person makes above the minimum wage, most jobs don't pay enough for said person to enjoy even the most basic of leisure activities. If someone is willing to work 50-60 hours a week, they should have enough money so as not to worry about getting sick and going bankrupt or having their car break down and being unable to pay for it (which then leaves them without a means of getting to work). The reason a lot of people are on welfare is because jobs like Walmart don't pay shit. And $10 an hour still isn't shit.
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