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‘A national disgrace’: 19 states to raise minimum wage but federal rate stuck at $7.25
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Ever since Donvict 2.0, I've lost count of what could be called a "national disgrace", since there are just so many of them.
I have also lost track of how many conversations I've had with people who make well into the six figures complaining about "giving" people more for minimum wage. I just don't get it, and I know some of these people have had real shit jobs during high school, at least. This might make their sandwich or whatever some amount more expensive, but the people I'm talking about here can afford to dine out.
I guess some cling to the idea that "those jobs" are only for high school kids, even though they can just look around at things like service jobs and see with their own two eyes that it's not just for high school kids. You might be - for some reason I cannot comprehend - offended by the idea of someone trying to support themselves on such jobs, but the fact of the matter is - people are doing that (or trying to), and it's not because of some moral failing on their part.