By the title of this piece you might think I am some horrible person who thinks that wants people to not move up in their lives and stay living as the "working poor". Quite the contrary. I do not want to see people living as working poor.
Minimum wage was never designed to be a "living" wage. Especially if you are basing that off of only one income. Minimum wage was started to get people "started" in the work force. A way to pay people a wage that was legal, but low enough to be an incentive to move in your career or to start the career you wanted to have. That is why a lot of times you see pictures of teenagers and people in their low to mid twenties in commercials for those companies.
If you work at McDonald's for 10 years and are still making or just above minimum wage, that is noit businesses fault. Businesses are in the business to make money. There are some smaller business that pay their employees well, and yes, I do put McDonald's in smaller businesses since most of them are franchised to a private owner.
What a lot of people do not put into account is the costs of running a business. A lot of these protestors think that all the overhead costs businesses have is the wages to their employees. Do they put into account all the other costs; such as rent/lease, product, legal fees, vendors, utilities, ect?
Then people complain about companies like Walmart paying only minimum wage. You know what? You applied for the job, it was then offered to you with the pay rate and you accepted. So, in essence, you are complaining that you accepted a job with the full knowledge and understanding of the pay rate will be. Then, complain about not getting paid enough. Also, part of the reasons why the wages are lower is so they can sell their product at a lower price, which in turn, keeps people coming back to their store.
People need to realize, especially in the United States, you get what you pay for. I for one am not going to pay 5 bucks just for a burger that was quickly cooked on a double sided grill where I could not say how it should be cooked, other then being "well done" and then slapped on a bun.
If you work at someone where that only pays minimum wage for years and do not move up or get better career skills, that is not the companies fault. You might want to look in a mirror and ask yourself. Why am I only making 8 dollars an hour? You should also ask yourself; what can i do to get a better job and make more money. Also, did you do anything to move up in the company you were in or did you just stay where you were at and now you complain about it?
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