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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 1:56 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
(June 9, 2021 at 1:46 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: I’m not arguing it should be a career that pulls in 70k a year. I’m arguing you should at least be able to feed, clothe, and shelter yourself and maybe one or two potential offspring. That’s not asking much.

He keeps missing that point.

And if I hear "starter job" one more time, I am going to call KIM JONG UN and tell him to nuke the next MFer who uses that.

Who the hell does OLB think works at the retail or fast food joints or collects his garbage when the kids are in HS or college? 

The truth is most people at that level are NOT mere teens or college students working on spring break or during the summer. The majority of those jobs are held by people SUPPORTING FAMILIES.

OLB, I am 54, I have worked retail and food service and delivery all my life. I can tell you that there ARE people in their late 20s, 30s. 40s and 50s and even 60s, that I have worked with in all those years. There is no such thing as a "starter job", there are just jobs.

Remember your bullshit condescension the next time you see an old clerk at Walmart, or middle age order taker at McDonalds, or a middle age waiter/waitress at your favorite restaurant.
So you are a self admitted unmotivated schlub - and you think you can tell a.retired guy who could have a job by the end of the week that makes triple what you made in your best year - what the score is?


Yeah...

Ok.

(June 9, 2021 at 2:02 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: And for those who are still skeptical of the idea of a living wage, here’s Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

[Image: 792px-Maslow%27s_Hierarchy_of_Needs2.svg.png]

People who advocate for a living wage are asking for enough money to cover the lowest level of the pyramid (the red one). Maybe some would argue up to part the second lowest tier (orange, specifically financial security),  but that first tier, covering the basic physiological needs of humans, is what we’re asking to be covered. Not necessarily $70k per year (unless, of course, the cost of living gets that high), just enough to keep a roof over their heads that isn’t made of cardboard or food that they didn’t have to steal from a dumpster.

You may argue that some jobs don’t deserve that because they’re meant to be done by teens who are still living with their parents, but that premise simply doesn’t apply anymore.
Ok...

We will make leaves legal currency.


Everybody will be rich....


Dodgy
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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 Brian37 - June 9, 2021 at 1:56 pm
RE: Raising the minimum wage won't help - by onlinebiker - June 9, 2021 at 2:13 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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