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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
Even at McDonalds if you are a slacker there are probably 100+ other people who aren't who want your job. Just because someone is only making $8 an hour does not mean they are a bad worker or lazy. I think that perception is partially used to justify the lower wages. But again if they were that bad they wouldn't be working in the first place as the employer is always free to fire them.
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And yet only 1.1% of the nations work force make "only" minimum wage. 98.9% make MORE.
And those minimum wage jobs are NOT careers. They aren't meant to be a lifetime job. I'm sure that most of us here have had a minimum wage job at one point in time. And then you work your way up. Unless you are incapable OR the economy is so shitty that you can't.
But Pres. Obama "fixed" all that back in 2009 with the "Summer Of Recovery" right? lol
Seriously though...the economy has come back to life. The year is 2014 not 2009.
And again...if you raise the minimum wage you are basically spitting in the face of the 98.9% of people who EARNED their way up past minimum wage.
That's the way I see it. How about you? Did anybody ever just hand you money? Or did you have to earn your way up the ladder?