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Minimum wage jobs now and back in the day are vastly different.
And yes, McDonald's workers deserve $20 dollars a hr. Have you ever had to deal with customers? You couldn't pay me 100k to deal with the general public in regards to food.
U ever work a retail job? Where you have to clean 8 toilets a night, mop an area the size of a football field. DEAL WITH HORRIBLE CUSTOMERS.
Ever work at a supermarket? Where Karen calls you an idiot because you don't know where a certain seasoning is.
Ever packed bags for 8 hrs straight and came home with $3.46 in tips?
Give me a damn break. $15 dollars is a slap in the face and most of you here are fighting about it. Sad.
When was the last time you were in a McDonalds ? The newly revenovated ones have 4-6 kiosks and 1, maybe 2 human cashiers. You are encouraged to use the kiosk to order and even pay and then go sit down and an employee will bring your food over.
Minimum wage jobs now and back in the day are vastly different.
And yes, McDonald's workers deserve $20 dollars a hr. Have you ever had to deal with customers? You couldn't pay me 100k to deal with the general public in regards to food.
U ever work a retail job? Where you have to clean 8 toilets a night, mop an area the size of a football field. DEAL WITH HORRIBLE CUSTOMERS.
Ever work at a supermarket? Where Karen calls you an idiot because you don't know where a certain seasoning is.
Ever packed bags for 8 hrs straight and came home with $3.46 in tips?
Give me a damn break. $15 dollars is a slap in the face and most of you here are fighting about it. Sad.
Maybe they should go to school and learn a skill so they don't have to clean toilets for a living.
Ever consider that ?
Not even close. They have already been defined by the market as being worth more than $15. The people who are worth less than $15 will be replaced with new automation.
First of all, jobs that will be replaced with automation were already going to be replaced with automation whether people make $9/hr or $15/hr.
There are other factors driving the cost of labor. It's not just the hourly wage. Costs like healthcare and can be reduced. How about paying people a living wage AND making healthcare affordable to lessen the burden on both business and employees? Right now healthcare is the biggest burden for business and workers. Fix that then $15 is not so shocking.
We are right back to Presidents acting like dictators issuing their "decrees." ALL legislation and laws MUST go through Congress. We need to STOP this trend of Presidents just issuing orders without any discussion, public input or legislative action. Either we are a democratic republic or we are a dictatorship. Which is it?
Presidents (short of major emergencies) should ONLY sign or veto BILLS, acted upon by Congress. There should be NO executive decrees or mandates. This has gotten out of hand, like everything from gun rights to freedom of speech - because WE the People haven't put our foot down and stopped the madness.
Obama and Trump established this trend. If it's an issue, Congress needs to roll back executive powers. As it is, the lack of a political center means we're going to get whiplash policy making every time the office changes party.
Then they need to get better skills, because working at Wendy's ain't gonna cut it.
They don't need better skills. IF a person wants to make a career out of retail food establishments, that's there choice and many move on to be managers and even store owners themselves.
But, if someone chooses to stay in the retail food industry, they shouldn't be punished for it because YOU think they don't deserve to make enough to stay off of taxpayer funded welfare services.
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