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Originally Posted by Robbie
Yep. I think we pushed past that a couple of decades ago.
The unions (in my opinion) made themselves irrelevant by going too far and instead of being a voice for the workers, became an institution unto themselves.
In a lot of ways they ended up costing people jobs here in the USA in recent decades.
Not the way they were originally intended to work for sure.
As far as what Costco pays VS what Walmart pays... Walmart management pays an employee what the task is worth to them.
It's pretty simple, if you are an unskilled worker and work at Walmart and don't like it...QUIT. Go work for Costco and make a dollar or two more.
OR...make yourself more valuable to the company. Learn a skill. Or stop just punching a time clock and start kicking ass on your job.
And if none of that floats your boat...then just sit back and let motivated people run right past you in the game of life.
That's how I see it. And that's how it SHOULD be.
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Not everyone has the ability to learn a new skill. That costs money and time Robbie. For someone whom may have kids or works 2 jobs to support themselfs there is no time to advance their selves. They are stuck in the same life position not for lack of trying but lack of opportunity.
You have lived a very sheltered life where you have had opportunity to make relatively large amounts of money with out punching a time clock. You just assume these people don't try, because you lump everyone with a low paying job into a lazy worthless class.
People whom struggle and are barely making ends meet, don't have the financial ability to move upwards in most cases unless they get a lucky break. Think about it Robbie, someone making $10/hr which is above minimum wage is making $400/week before taxes. That $400 turns into probably $340-360 or something close to that after taxes.
Now you have $360/week to support your kid, keep a car running, insured, gas in the tank.. Eat, cloth yourself and find somewhere to live..
How long do you think you could keep that going before one thing goes wrong ? The kid gets sick or the car breaks down.. It's all it takes and you are fucked..
Now change that same income to say $15/hr and $600/week and suddenly the person has a fighting chance, not only to survive but to advance themselves.