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- PonyBoy0
ponyboy, so the minimum wage should stay static and not increase with inflation? I don't understand...
and with health care, go download sicko. seriously.
mrdobolina
(Jun 25 07, 18:34)
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well... yeah... raise it with inflation... but don't raise it to the point of it being worthy of make a living off of... most minimum wage jobs aren't worth more than 20k/year (and that's @ 10 bux and hour... which is far too much money to work a drive-thru window for instance)...... someone mentioned the 4.1 corpo turn-around... YEP... :) ... they TOTALLY EXPECT THAT!!... Who wants to KEEP DOING that job?!!
I did it AS A KID... it was all I was qualified for (yay McDonald's!!)... then I got off my ass... took advantage of the SUBSIDIZED gov loans...
... mind you... i had cruddy grades in high school (I applied to college w/a 2.1 GPA... cuz I hated high school.. anyway... )...
... I also took on TWO part-time jobs both making near min. wage plus tips and got through college in 3 years instead of 4...
I guess I'm just saying from my personal experience... and that of MANY others I've know who are 'poor' by EVERY means of the word...
...they too did the same thing.
All it takes is a little motivation to break the minimum wage barrier... you don't even have to go to college... Hell.. my brother's been working at McDonalds since he was 17... he's 33 now...
... kid started working the NUGGET DRAWER!! (hahaha)... and now he's a regional manager... making much more than the minimum wage folks he's got working his store windows/registers and grills...
... and if they decide to stick with it themselves... work hard... they too can 'move up'.
Now... Healthcare... it's pricey... that's harsh... I agree... I'M SUFFERING because of it... I have to have some major freakin' surgery soon and I'm not exactly sure how i'm going to go about doing it...
... but the truth is that Health Care costs should be FORCED down... but not socialized...
... again - I want to choose who's holding the scalpel... I don't think that's too much to ask.