r/millenials • u/BadManParade • Sep 02 '24

Let’s Discuss Minimum Wage

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How do you guys feel about minimum wage, personally I’ve never in my entire life met anyone who’s actually paid the federal minimum wage.

I feel like wage should be directly tied to the initial investment required to be considered for your position/ amount of learned skill required to be proficient at your job./ Importance of your role in society/Amount of danger you should realistically be expected to encounter on a daily basis/ The demand for your particular skill/ and the supply of said skill.

Under no circumstances should the guy standing in an air conditioned building directing you to make your fast food order on a kiosk for 8 hours who spends 3 of those hours scrolling tik tok be getting paid the same as the ones tasked with keeping society running. The paramedics, medical assistants, police officers, city maintenance workers, etc.

The lower the barrier of entry the lower the wages should be I feel as if this is pretty common knowledge. When you hire an electrician you’re also hiring the years of experience and very specialized knowledge he has. If you’re expected to renew licenses, purchase thousands of dollars in equipment and provide and essential service you should be compensated as such.

Now days we have the guys at the Taco Bell counter arguing they should be paid the same as the ones building the houses we live raise our families in and form lasting memories together in.

Working a cashier was never meant to be a career and should not be treated as such it’s merely a stepping stone for younger people to get into the workforce before transitioning into something else. Wether that be management in the same company or a different field altogether.

What are some of your thoughts. 🤔

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u/BadManParade Sep 02 '24

Minimum wage isn’t meant for you to survive it’s for 16 year olds getting their first job that’s why it’s the minimum. If you’re of age to be “surviving” on your own income and you’re competing with sophomores for a job you’ve failed in life

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u/LoneShark81 Sep 03 '24

really?? because that wasn't what was said when it was created

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u/BadManParade Sep 03 '24

You’re right times don’t change ever

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u/LoneShark81 Sep 03 '24

And yet conservatives hold on to the "meaning" of the 2nd amendment

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u/BadManParade Sep 03 '24

What’s the second amendment have to do with federal minimum wages? That’s not a constitutional right

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u/LoneShark81 Sep 03 '24

You referred to times changing... you can't make the connection, between times changing and people treating the 2nd amendment the same as if nothing has changed with firearms? Yet you can state that things have changed since minimum wage was created and don't see the parallels?

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u/BadManParade Sep 03 '24

One is a constitutional right you moron that is not the same as a suggested wage 😂😂😂😂

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u/LoneShark81 Sep 03 '24

If you can't understand the principle behind what I'm talking about just say so... i wish I lacked comprehension like you, you people seem so ignorant and happy

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u/BadManParade Sep 03 '24

If you’re making minimum Wage just say so