Billy_Kinetta
Paladin of the Lost Hour
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They can if they live at home, get at least two years at community college, and take 6 years to get a bachelors.
So kids have to give up two years of their working life just because we won't raise minimum wage
A gift to employers. Two years of your working life so they can make more profit
Perhaps. But perhaps by making an education something they actually have to work for, rather than is given to them, perhaps they'll get degrees that make them employable. And the reason we could pay tuition by working min wage in summer was because we taxed the more wealthy more for higher education, and in my case, my father sent me money for rent, and I could make enough working part time to sustain myself (and buy pot and beer!)
I was in a similar situation. I went to school with many kids whose daddy paid their way. They goofed off, changed majors often and didn't care if they graduated
I worked summers to pay my tuition and didn't spend a dime frivolously
But I was able to pay my way through college on that $2 an hour wage
That is what minimum wage should do. Let you get started in life without going into massive debt
Employers plead poverty while those low wage workers have to take out loans to give them higher profits
Go to any minimum-wage fast food restaurant. Median age of the workers is about 40.
Is that supposed to be good?
It blows your story about getting started in life at the hamburger joint. Illegals have taken all the jobs that used to go to teenagers to learn business skills so they could move along.
These people have no skills, and the work isn't worth $15.00 per hour.