Toddsterpatriot
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- May 3, 2011
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When has anyone earning minimum wage ever been able to afford to live on his own and support a family? This miracle sure never occurred when I was making minimum wage.
When someone is trying to live on minimum and support a family, it means something went terribly wrong.
Many of us had minimum wage jobs as teens. They are meant for stepping stones to the better jobs and they are designed to build your resume and establish a good work history. Finishing high school is a must if you want to get anywhere and going to college is easier than ever with loans. Yea, loans suck, but once you have that degree you qualify for better jobs. Few can just write a check to the college to pay tuition, so whether you came from a dirt poor family or middle class you can still get loans and start paying them after you graduate. Once you graduate college, you are equal to other grads regardless of how poor you were growing up. Many colleges now help with job hunting, so there are few excuses for not having any kind of diploma and experience.
Of course, so many middle class jobs have disappeared and people started fighting for the minimum jobs because those are all that's left in some places. You have a choice between minimum wage or jobs that require higher skills. Seems most can't qualify for the better jobs and that is on them. Raising the starter jobs pay to the level of better jobs isn't going to help in the long run. As always, there will end up being fewer jobs up for grabs.
If the left would let up on middle class and quit killing businesses, it would be easier for those with an education to find something that will earn them a better living.
Why do some insist on begging government to raise them up instead of doing something for themselves, like at least finish high school?
Just raise the minimum wage to 1969 levels, adjusted for inflation,
unless you think the minimum wage was too high in 1969.
What would that be?
Show your math.
Minimum wage since 1938 - CNNMoney
Deport the illegals, that will increase wages for Americans.