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Originally Posted by arock10
"how much money and benefits do they give back? Zero"
well other then spending all the money they make and putting it back into the economy...
The reason why mcdonalds workers don't make $15 an hr is because it would hurt corporate profits. The minimum wage when taking into account inflation has been in decline for decades while corporate profits continue to skyrocket.
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1) Corporate profits "continue to sky rocket"? Hmmmm.. we are bordering on recession STILL and employment numbers are less than impressive. So i am not sure where all this "skyrocketing" is happening.
2) Bad news buddy. Businesses are in the business of making a profit. That is not just how a business survives and employs people, its how an economy works and grows. Money is not created in a vacuum or by government. it is created by entrepreneurs.
3) We live in a capitalist country. Not the Soviet Union. If you want to be paid more... work harder, better yourself and create value to employers in yourself.
Otherwise, you are free to start your own business to demonstrate how wrong every business owner is.
If we were the best educated and most skilled and talented nation on the earth and rocket scientists were routinely working at McDonalds for 7.00 an hour, i'd have some concerns.
However, i have never met an unskilled, uneducated person that didn't feel he deserved more.. so...
4) If people aren't beating down your door to hire someone because they are the best at what they do, they work harder, they are highly skilled, easy to get along with and always get the job done.. then that individual needs to do a little soul searching rather than blaming Walmart.
Lets stop pretending that companies don't want talented people and great employees and are willing to pay for them.