An employee at a major bank in Florida was so grateful we passed 15 an hour min. She makes roughly 19 an hour and her son works in retail. She said how pleased she was that they would earn more money. I stated "how we going to make more money"? She went on to explain her 20 years of service is worth a lot more than min wage. I responded the 15 an hour is like food stamps, designed to help the poorest among us. She than asked the manager when they raise the min wage 1.5 will she get more money. To which she was told no, just the annual raise if available. It was at that moment she understood. Telling me if she could work at the zoo for 15 an hour why would she work in a high stress office. To which I responded "you wouldn't". In hind sight I should have said those making 100k would prolly get raises.
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Easier said than done when that is the standard for all competitors in a given area.
“Easier said than done” is a liberal argument. This is America, land of opportunity and where we all have the same opportunity to succeed. Here in America, you work hard and make good decisions to get to the desired quality of living.
Exactly, we all have the same opportunity. So why don't these people get these skilled jobs that are so easy in your opinion, instead of the actual minimum wage jobs? Because you don't know what you are talking about? You clearly know nothing about skilled labor.
minimum wage jobs are not skilled labor jobs. And, honestly, if you're making less than 20/hr right now, you're also not skilled labor. You are literally what they call unskilled labor.