(02-12-2021, 07:55 PM)NilesMike Wrote: Why would anyone be trying to make a living as a minimum wage earner. Minimum= entry level at best. Entry level doesn't have a house, get married or have kids. That is reserved for the more advanced members of society.What exactly is an advanced member of society? I suppose I am one, and for most of my life I had a good wage. I've never had a problem with anyone willing to work hard to be able to provide themselves with food, clothing and shelter. I much prefer a living wage over them giving up and living off the government because that is the other option in this country. I believe Amazon, Costco and Target are now at $15. HD felt the pressure and moving towards it rapidly. Pull up some charts and earnings reports. Looks like they are getting by. My port is getting by for sure.
Just basic subsistence for a low skilled adult with a work ethic, but perhaps not the mental capacity to become particularly advanced. I'm not referring to a 16yr old french fry flipper.
You know what would have been even better? A very small annual increase gauged to the CPI starting 30 years ago. The military gives it if you are dumber than a dirt clod with no future. The US Gov gives it to the many millions of FED workers. My dirt poor unadvanced grandmothers got a tiny raise in their SS check every year so they didn't have to eat cat food. OK that was a little dramatic.
Otter is right. Make a reasonable life possible for a reasonable effort or it's never ended well for that society. I worked about 50hrs a week so don't anybody call me a socialist lol. Just making conversation.