Fortunately I don't have to go back to making minimum wage because I invested in MYSELF. Nobody handed me shit. I didn't get raises because I Fakebooked my Twatter all day long. I didn't depend on government funded loans to get a useless degree and enter the job market with $100,000 in debt.
I worked hard, acquired solid references, entered an apprenticeship, became a journeyman electrician, went back to school, became a master electrician and now I make a decent wage that allows me to live comfortably.
Today a helper that comes in the door, 18 years old, no experience, high school diploma and still attached to momma's boob makes roughly 20% of what I make. Now there's two ways of looking at that:
(1) He makes 80% less than me
(2) My investment in myself has made me 80% more valuable then him
I choose the later.
So let's say the minimum wage is $15 an hour. That same helper now make 42% of what I make or my employer only values me 38% more than the helper. My value just dropped 42% at no fault of my own.
How do you suppose we fix that issue? It may sound selfish to some but the cost of living is going to soar when this happens, hell it's soaring now and they're just talking about it. What happens when interest rates skyrocket and my mortgage, car payments, insurance doubles? That kid walking in the door doesn't have to worry about that stuff but he's reaping the benefits.
This isn't designed to expand the middle class, it's designed to destroy it.
Fortunately I don't have to go back to making minimum wage because I invested in MYSELF. Nobody handed me shit. I didn't get raises because I Fakebooked my Twatter all day long. I didn't depend on government funded loans to get a useless degree and enter the job market with $100,000 in debt.
I worked hard, acquired solid references, entered an apprenticeship, became a journeyman electrician, went back to school, became a master electrician and now I make a decent wage that allows me to live comfortably.
Today a helper that comes in the door, 18 years old, no experience, high school diploma and still attached to momma's boob makes roughly 20% of what I make. Now there's two ways of looking at that: (1) He makes 80% less than me (2) My investment in myself has made me 80% more valuable then him I choose the later.
So let's say the minimum wage is $15 an hour. That same helper now make 42% of what I make or my employer only values me 38% more than the helper. My value just dropped 42% at no fault of my own.
How do you suppose we fix that issue? It may sound selfish to some but the cost of living is going to soar when this happens, hell it's soaring now and they're just talking about it. What happens when interest rates skyrocket and my mortgage, car payments, insurance doubles? That kid walking in the door doesn't have to worry about that stuff but he's reaping the benefits.
This isn't designed to expand the middle class, it's designed to destroy it.