Not quite sure why my post came across to u that way~Originally Posted by Edort4
Fast food jobs are meant for high schoolers or people who need quick money in a pinch (or people who are unfortunately @ the lowest rung of education/skills for whatever reason and need a foot in the door). If you're a PhD working in McDs (getting paid $7.25-9 instead of the $40-50 you theoretically should be) the least you should be doing is living in some kind of shared living establishment and not the $800/mo apt. numbers Haru is throwing around. If worst comes to worst, at that point you should also more or less have the intelligence/abilities to create a niche market for yourself with some demand after scrimping, working extra jobs, or educating yourself in a field that's in demand for a few years. Prices are supposed to reflect supply & demand, not "cost of living". You all realize living comfortably/"cost of living" is subjective? Artificially controlling prices masks the real value of products (in this case, the product is your labor) and starts fucking up the economy (pushing and pulling) because no one knows the true worth of anything anymore. <--- important (PS - Artificially protecting jobs that should fall away over time due to technological advance/lack of demand is also bad for this same reason. Like, do we still need horse carriage builders?)
I'm also confused about why people are so entitled. The company doesn't have to hire people in the first place, but how much they pay you how many hours they give you needs to be regulated by random numbers because it's currently "not enough"? For example, I work for a small business for free right now just because the experience is just that valuable. If/when I do get paid for my hours, it would be below minimum wage cuz that's all she can afford. But if everyone went around demanding minimum wage (or heaven forbid, raising it) I know 99% of us wouldn't be able to work there at all, thus learning opportunity (and any extra bucks I can get) lost. Like Ani said, I'd expect raising minimum wage to actually cause layoffs.
(I'm surprised I actually agree w Carnage & Ani [in general] lol. Great article carnage actually it relates to the last vid I posted.)
Most importantly, minimum wage/government meddling is the main reason why people in America are unemployed right now:
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@24:00: "Raising minimum wage (let's say $2/hr) is an unrecoverable disaster for the poor".
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