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Originally Posted by kane
This was my point. Yes, in a perfect world fast food places and other jobs like this would be starter jobs for high school kids, recent grads, or part time gigs for people just looking to make a few extra bucks. I saw the other day that 53% of the all the jobs being created in this country are lower paying jobs. That is up from where it was right after the recession, but the reality of these days is that there are a ton of young people who have gone to college and got degrees and are now finding out that qualifies them to fold shirts at the Gap because that is the type of jobs that are out there.
I'm not saying this is proof we should pay fast food workers $15/hr (although I saw a story the other day about a guy who owns a Chick Fil A who was going to start paying his employees $17/hr). I'm just saying the work landscape has changed and will continue to do so.
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Again try to live on 15 bucks an hour in a major metropolitan city and tell me its big money or even good money. Wages have been so screwed up and low for so long, its just accepted as correct.
I see factory jobs start at $12 an hour, like its a big deal. When I started at a factory job in the 1980's I started at $11 an hour. lol Back it actually was enough to have an apartment, a car and a ilfe.