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Raising the minimum wage won't help
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RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help
(June 9, 2021 at 1:16 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(June 9, 2021 at 1:02 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Why shouldn’t someone be able to live off of full time work that only took them “16 hours” to learn? How is that relevant? If they show up on time every day and do the job that is required of them for 8-10 hours a day, 5-6 days a week, why don’t they deserve to be able to live from the time they’ve given their employer? How does job skill have anything to do with worthiness of the basic essentials of human life?

That side of the economic argument loves to falsely call liberals "elitists". Truth is the opposite. If one thinks a dishwasher or garbage collector are less worthy of dignity or survival because they didn't move up, they are a holes. 

I worked as a dishwasher at a breakfast place for over 7 years. That was longer than even most of the cooks at that same joint. When I hear OLB's stupid arguments, I know damned well he wouldn't last a month at the position I held. People who argue like that, forget that there is a huge difference between "easy to learn" and "easy to do".  OLB if he had attempted my position on an Easter Sunday when the traffic made "running with the bulls" look like walking a dachshund, he'd cry to his mommy.

Every job takes skill, especially in high traffic. That does not mean everyone should earn the same. He keeps missing that point. It is about stability so that when that worker shows up, they can have the financial survival and equally importantly the mental and physical health to care enough about the job to want to be there. If you give workers stability they are far more likely to care about the job they do when they are there. But if all you do is pay them crappy wages, and treat them like tools and not humans, you are going to have a higher turnover rate.

As a dietitian in a nursing home, my office was right in the middle of the kitchen; the same kitchen I did my food service management rotation in during my internship. Dishwashing is a hard fucking job, and they make dirt for it. It’s really sad.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
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Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Foxaèr - May 25, 2021 at 6:51 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by brewer - May 25, 2021 at 7:36 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - May 25, 2021 at 9:30 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by ignoramus - May 26, 2021 at 4:24 am
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by mascale - June 7, 2021 at 3:20 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 7, 2021 at 9:29 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Aegon - June 8, 2021 at 10:57 am
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 8, 2021 at 1:12 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Brian37 - June 9, 2021 at 1:16 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by LadyForCamus - June 9, 2021 at 1:28 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Brian37 - June 9, 2021 at 1:56 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Brian37 - June 9, 2021 at 1:44 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Brian37 - June 9, 2021 at 1:02 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Aegon - June 9, 2021 at 3:56 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Aegon - June 9, 2021 at 4:04 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Aegon - June 9, 2021 at 4:17 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by mascale - June 8, 2021 at 2:00 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by GUBU - June 9, 2021 at 1:26 am
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by mascale - June 8, 2021 at 7:36 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 8, 2021 at 8:04 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by mascale - June 9, 2021 at 1:42 am
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Fireball - June 9, 2021 at 9:03 am
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 9, 2021 at 2:28 am
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 9, 2021 at 1:15 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 9, 2021 at 2:02 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Brian37 - June 9, 2021 at 3:06 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 9, 2021 at 2:16 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 9, 2021 at 2:45 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Brian37 - June 9, 2021 at 3:36 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 9, 2021 at 4:06 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 9, 2021 at 4:21 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 9, 2021 at 5:12 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 9, 2021 at 5:34 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by mascale - June 9, 2021 at 5:47 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 9, 2021 at 6:46 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Brian37 - June 9, 2021 at 7:56 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Aegon - June 10, 2021 at 11:39 am
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by onlinebiker - June 10, 2021 at 12:18 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by LadyForCamus - June 10, 2021 at 12:55 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Aegon - June 10, 2021 at 2:02 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Foxaèr - June 9, 2021 at 8:35 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 9, 2021 at 9:09 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Peebo-Thuhlu - June 10, 2021 at 12:43 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by brewer - June 10, 2021 at 2:42 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Angrboda - June 10, 2021 at 2:49 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by brewer - June 10, 2021 at 2:53 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Foxaèr - June 10, 2021 at 8:32 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 10, 2021 at 5:36 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 11, 2021 at 5:07 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Jackalope - June 11, 2021 at 5:09 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Foxaèr - June 11, 2021 at 5:53 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by GUBU - June 14, 2021 at 3:54 am
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Sal - June 13, 2021 at 9:26 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by GUBU - June 16, 2021 at 4:20 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Fireball - June 14, 2021 at 7:11 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Angrboda - June 15, 2021 at 9:14 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 15, 2021 at 11:31 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by onlinebiker - June 16, 2021 at 12:05 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Angrboda - June 16, 2021 at 12:19 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by onlinebiker - June 16, 2021 at 12:46 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 16, 2021 at 12:54 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by onlinebiker - June 16, 2021 at 12:59 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Angrboda - June 16, 2021 at 3:45 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 16, 2021 at 1:02 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Jackalope - June 16, 2021 at 5:54 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by Rev. Rye - June 16, 2021 at 9:22 pm

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