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Ljink96 on 01 July 2014
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Euphoria14 said:
Ljink96 said:
We'll see how that goes in Washington but I think it is only fair. I see both sides of the coin though. Yeah people go too school and get education for that kind of pay but then again you have people that are getting educated that don't even think about working at minimum wage businesses. You have people getting paid a dollar a day only to think of where their next meal comes from and you have the owners of those establishments thinking of how many atoms are in their 100 dollar bill. And I 'm not saying that this is everyone, that'd be stupid. But I am saying that it is a lot of people. If McDonalds and other fast food establishments decide to raise food items in proportion to wage increases then it may hurt them more. Will we be willing to pay 3 dollars for a burger that's smashed down? If those with the money release the money, money will circulate. Give people a fair chance and many problems have the potential to be solved. You got young kids out here that can't provide for their families let alone themselves. Then the other sides will say go to school and get an education like us without understanding that not everyone has the same thoughts as you. We are just so corrupt as a world and it's all over this green paper. Paper that holds so much power and organization.

Yeah, as you said, they don't think like me. They probably don't have the same drive that I do.

For that they pay the price and get minimum wage jobs. 

 

A guy who busts his ass to better himself and advance in life deserves more than someone who decides to do nothing but sit on his ass and look for handouts. That isn't corrupt, that is just life. You reward hard work, not chosen laziness.

Your minimum wage jobs doesn't make you enough to pay for your rent and your iPhone? Your minimum wage job can't support your family? I have three simple solutions.

1.) Work harder and find a better job.

2.) Get a 2nd job.

3.) Stop having kids when you know you can't afford to support them.

 

I had to do it and so should everyone else. Thanks to our hard work (Me and my girl) I am not only living well and taking care of my family, but we also now own our own home.

We started as Sports Authority and Petco workers. This corruption you speak of didn't hold us back. We just decided long ago to not look for pity and complain about our misgivings and get off our asses and do something about it instead.



Man you're blatant and ignorant. You think everything is so one sided and it just isn't that way at all. I know what hard work is for my age. Juggling a warehouse job getting in the top 10 % of my class, straight A's ,honors, AP and all. That isn't easy. And I may be inexperinced because I've only left highschool but I've been told by many that I have a great deal of wisdom for my age. But I see the system for what it is and it all isn't on the up and up. For us to be so blind to our faults it sickens me to even say that I live here. People are evil. i really don't want to hear about you and your girl because you and your girl aren't eveyone else. There are people who work their butt off and still get paid a few dollars a day. People that are forced to take these jobs that no one else would dare to do. This corruption that I am talking about isn't the same that you are. You missed the mark. Keep making these people angry and your sons and daughters get killed, your homes get invaded. NO, it isn't right but for us to be so blindsighed to these issues only fuels the problem! I don't protect the killers, the murders, oh no. I only state the obvious which seems to be implicit to you all.