How do you feel about the fast food strike in the USA?

[DerpSandwich]

Max King of the Wild said:

DerpSandwich said:
It's funny. Everyone always complains about how you can't physically survive and you'll die in a ditch and stuff if you make minimum wage, but it's always been more than enough for me. As long as you have a roommate, don't have kids, and spend your money well, you'll have money left over. Hell, I worked for just a little over minimum wage for a few years and still bought basically all the games and MTG cards I wanted.

If you're supporting a family, then yeah, minimum wage isn't going to cut it. But at that point you shouldn't be working at Taco Bell. As many have already said, it's a job for kids and it pays fine considering.

On another note, I wonder how much they're paying scabs and the moment...

At the moment the average wage of the burger flippers is 9$ an hour. Ive been living in an nice area in a bigger city and making 10bucks an hour with my wife who is making 9$ an hour. We both definitly do more work than people at McDonalds so if they get anything more than me I know where I'm going to try and get a job. Anyway back on topic... We both really only work 20 hours or so a week and are able to afford cell phones, rent, energy bills, insurance and internet... We don't have cable tv and we dont have the fanciest car but hey... its what we can afford

I think the main problem is that people spend their money badly.  I know tons of "poor" people who are "living paycheck to paycheck" that have smart phones and car payments and eat out and drink Starbucks every day.  It just doesn't make any sense.  I worked a job for $9 an hour (one dollar higher than CA minimum wage) for about two years, rarely hitting 40 hours a week--usually something like 32.  After all that I had several thousand dollars in savings.  Yet every single other person working at that place with me would come in on payday and rabidly snatch up their paychecks, saying they didn't have a dime to their name and needed to pay bills.  They always complained about not having anything but always found it in their budget to prioritize iPads and Macbooks.  They were always at zero, and I think that's incredibly sad.