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Originally Posted by Bowser Koopa
No, I think your asinine comment about her not deserving $15/hr because she has no education or skills that say she should be getting $15/hr.
The raise of minimum wage has nothing to do with skills or education, it's about the cost of living.
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If you justify raising the minimum wage to $15 with the cost of living excuse...then you have to apply that same percentage increase across the board to everyone - up-to and including CEOs of major corporations.
And to pay for all those increases - corporations will hike the price of their product/service... which we'll all pay for in one way or another.
I'm college-educated and 50 yrs old with many, many years of work experience in a variety of fields. In the past I invested a great deal of time and money in my college education. Currently I'm in upper management - having laboured my way from an entry-level position a decade ago (while working a second job, I might add).
As such - if minimum wage is raised to $15/hr. I'm not going to be pleased about the diminishing gap between my current position and that of a menial job - unless I get a percentile increase as well. Cost of living affects us all, correct?