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[CalminHeart]

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@They CallMe MRWILKES wrote:

I just don't understand the class warfare unleashed on these boards against the real working class.

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It's a lot of I got mine so scr** you, lack of empathy, lack of caring about others, lack of reality.

[CalminHeart]

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@Puppy Lips wrote:
Where is it written that one should be able to support oneself on minimum wage? Minimum wage jobs are for kids and second incomes. If you need more to live on, improve your skills and get a higher paying job.

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It used to be that way. That's not what real life is today. 

People throw out "get a better job" like it's easy to do. It makes me wonder how long it's been since they tried it. We are in an employer market - not an employee market. Pay attention. It's not 1960 or 1980 anymore and it's not as easy as one thinks.

[Isobel Archer]

People who work more than one job and don't have much money also don't have a lot of time to plan meals, shop and cook so fast food that is now costing more and more hurts them more than it does all the virtue signalers who claim minimum wage hikes are necessary.  Refusing to recognize the wage/price spiral doesn't make it go away.

Maybe the beginning of an answer it to actually improve public schools rather than just hiring more administrators to ram through their pet programs that do nothiing to assure that all children learn to read and can even make change without assistance.

[bikerbabe]

When I was a teenager 40 years ago I heard the same argument. Minimum wage doesn’t need to be raised. It will be the downfall of society…..

Funny thing happened in the last few years. Many who worked minimum wage jobs through Covid are no longer in those jobs. Some died. Some retired. Some left the industry altogether and are working different jobs. They did what people said they should do. Leave. Now some of those same people are angry because there are worker shortages in the service industry.

Go figure.🤷🏻‍♀️

[aj1980]

If you live in a poor state like Mississippi you could probably survive on $20   In terms of poverty, Mississippi is the poorest state in America with a poverty rate of 18.1%

[Trailrun23]

Don't think the cost of this raise won't be passed on to the customers. Not much appetite for $10 Big Macs or $6 fries. Doubtful the unemployed will be flocking to fast-food jobs just due to the raise. They are dead end jobs, long hours, and working conditions less than stellar. Workers must put up with obnoxious, demanding customers at many of these places, and since they are open so late, it is downright dangerous in some areas. 

[sunshine 919]

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@aj1980 wrote:

On April 1, fast food workers in California will have one of the highest minimum wages in the country at $20 an hour. That's nearly 30 percent higher than the current state minimum wage of $15.50.

I was born in CA and rember when the wage was $3.30 

Times have really changed

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The sad thing is even 20 an hour does not give you enogh money to rent a decent apartment and buy food.  I was born in southern calif and even with minumum wage in the 70's you could still rent a decent apartment.

[sunshine 919]

I am thinking housing and food has to go down in order to work one job and live comfortably.

[sunshine 919]

Making 20 an hour does not mean they get 40 hours a week, or insurance

[snipsnapsnur]

The same people that can't make the right change or get your order correct for $10/hr now want to make $20/hr, lolol.

Keep pushing for that increased wage and you'll be out of a job because the robots come in and take over, plus, who in their right mind is spending $50 on fast food because incompetent people want more money?