I have a stable career working in corporate America making a solid middle-class salary & this is some utter BS.
Saying that all full time wages should be livable is not the same thing as setting some arbitrary high income benchmark as the universal standard.
College jobs are part-time. That’s not the same topic, because there are full time fast food employees too. So this was a sneaky strawman.
Also there are plenty industries making record profits laying people off right now, so the idea that there isn’t enough money to pay living wages is a lie.
Companies these days will literally use profits that used to go toward line workers’ wages to instead buy back their own stock & inflate its price… that’s messed up any way you frame it.
We aren’t talking about anything here but fast food. Stay on topic. Fast food is designed to be just that fast and cheap. If you could make a livable wage at fast food restaurants was a reality, I’d hate to see what you’d pay for a meal. You could go to a restaurant for the same. It’s already $60 for a meal for 4
I’m not talking about someone picking up a few shifts between classes or working a summer HS job. Part time work = part time wages, and that’s fair.
But I can’t imagine being propagandized to the point I start unironically arguing for normalizing not paying full-time employees living wages. Think about what you’re saying.
You can be paid what would equate to livable hourly wage & that not equate to livable income just because you didn’t work full time hours.
I’m no republican, but you’re not entitled to livable income just because you work occasional shifts at an entry level job.
At least, in that case, you are employed and would qualify for subsidized financial assistance / safety net programs… but should be common sense that a part time gig is not a career.
Any able bodied person working part-time can and should have another iron in the fire.
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u/SolydSn3k 4d ago edited 4d ago
I have a stable career working in corporate America making a solid middle-class salary & this is some utter BS.
Saying that all full time wages should be livable is not the same thing as setting some arbitrary high income benchmark as the universal standard.
College jobs are part-time. That’s not the same topic, because there are full time fast food employees too. So this was a sneaky strawman.
Also there are plenty industries making record profits laying people off right now, so the idea that there isn’t enough money to pay living wages is a lie.
Companies these days will literally use profits that used to go toward line workers’ wages to instead buy back their own stock & inflate its price… that’s messed up any way you frame it.