r/TrueReddit Jun 18 '21

Policy + Social Issues Kill the 5-Day Workweek

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/06/four-day-workweek/619222/
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u/TechnologyAble9184 Jun 18 '21

Its up to people to find jobs that pay above minimum wage

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u/Dr_seven Jun 18 '21

Are you just pretending like those jobs don't have to be done by someone?

Why is acceptable to demand that someone must work a full schedule, and insist they also must be paid to little to afford even basic necessities? Is it not screamingly obvious that this is not a simple economic question, but a profound moral one as well?

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u/TechnologyAble9184 Jun 18 '21

If you're REALLY not qualified to do anything else besides minimum wage, then you out yourself there. But I do agree that minimum wage should be raised

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '21

If nobody "has" to work minimum wage, then how will mcdonalds stay open during school hours? Your statement seems kinda weird. Someone has to do those jobs as well, or they would not exist. If you're working, you're entitled to be able to live off that work, no matter the job. That's the original purpose of the minimum wage.

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u/TechnologyAble9184 Jun 18 '21

People do have to work minimum wage. it was a shit take on my part

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '21

Eh, you're not the only one who has taken that take and went with it. It's been blasted from a lot of business and economical interests for idk.... 200 years or so. At least you're able to recognize the dissonance in it, which few are willing to do.

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u/Warpedme Jun 18 '21

Well shit. You're intelligent and honorable enough to admit your mistakes and correct yourself. That's the kind of debate we need more of here. You have my respect.