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I see a lot of older people working at these stores now. There's a reason why teen unemployment rates are going up... Because people have to take these menial jobs to support themselves.
I'm amazed at the number of people that thought SS was going to support them in old age and save zippo. The same thing goes on today.
The Govt will take care of me...............NOT
In CA the illegals are the one taking over jobs teens and seniors used to do. Three million strong.
yes, I think you can work more than 40 hours per week. I have personally worked between 75 and 90 hours per week for the last four years. I have very little respect for people who make excuses as you do instead of actually finding a way to make something of themselves.
I have worked and studied between 75 and 90 hours per week for the last four years to insure I could be successful. People either make excuses or try harder to make something of themselves. It isn't "hard to get 40 hours in minimum wage jobs". Why the hell are you ever late to your job? Why do you leave early? Take some ownership of your own life and show up to work on time. That is a pretty basic part of being a productive member of society.
So live with more. Do what is needed to support yourself. That is what the rest of us do.
You know, I just saw this. Who are you, to accuse me of being late for my job or leaving early? HOW DARE YOU? You don't know me from the man (or woman) in the moon, and yet you, who complain all the time about people being "rude" to you, make these kind of personal attacks. Who the hell are YOU to tell ME to "take some ownership of my life and show up for work on time"? How can someone the same age as my youngest CHILD be so arrogant and presumptuous as to ass*u*me that I am frequently late for work or leave early? I'm mad as hell at that comment and I"m not going to take it any more! You have lost what little credibility you ever had.
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It should certainly be enough to support the worker himself though.
do you agree?
No.
All wages should be an agreement between the employee and the employer. If a worker wants to accept $5.00 hour to sweep a floor, why should they be prevented from doing so?
Where do these morons get the notion that minimum wage is meant to be a living wage? It is an ENTRY level wage, it's not something meant to support your family on.
Are there enough non-minimum wage jobs available for everyone to eventually have one?
if not, then the minimum wage becomes a wage that some have to live on, right?
Nope, and that's why they are getting their butts handed to them by the super stores. Who pays 30% extra for basic items? So a grocery bagger can have a pension? Absurd.
what's so absurd about a grocery bagger having a pension - seems fair enough to me
All wages should be an agreement between the employee and the employer. If a worker wants to accept $5.00 hour to sweep a floor, why should they be prevented from doing so?
you could probably support yourself off five bucks an hour , but how about 1 or 2 an hour?
that wouldn't be right, and any employer trying to do that should have his butt kicked IMO
If anything, children are an investment. Sure, you pay to raise them for the first 18 years or so. But then they leave the nest, hopefully earn more then you did, and bring you wealth of love for decades to come. children bring grandchildren and great grandchildren, and take care of their parents and grand parents when they grow old.
Most of the other luxuries you listed will be long gone, and hopefully your children will last for your entire life, getting better with age.
You got that right. So far so good! Four great kids and seven perfect grandkids!
And when I had my kids, we couldn't even afford cable TV - and they shared a room with a sibling their entire childhoods. OH THE HORROR. The NEGLECT.
I can't think of anything I buy that is produced, distributed, or sold with minimum wage labor.
Well, if you're like most Americans, most of what you buy comes from China, so technically you're right.
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I thought the law stated .....
