rightwinger
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The whole purpose of the min wage is to get your foot in the door. So to say you can't is simply wrong. Most people who work min wage don't do so for long. They acquire skills that make them more employable and command a higher wage. Or they fail out from that and join the OWS movement.You are exactly right! Some just get the difference of yesterday(bygone years) and today.Guess they think that one making MW can live the American Dream.They are delusional .
You can't even start to live the American Dream on minimum wage. For $2.10 an hour 35 years ago, I could pay my yearly college costs, I could buy a car, I could rent an apartment
You can't even get your foot in the door at minimum wage today
Low minimum wages hold down all low end wages. You may get a $7.25 an hour "foot in the door" wage and still only have growth to $9-10 an hour. Lowering the minimum wage will not add any additional jobs. They will simply be used as leverage to hold down all wages.
There is a large number of working poor in this country. The poor wages they receive is supplemented by the taxpayer in the form of food, housing and medical subsidies. Business makes out by paying low wages and the taxpayer steps in to make up the difference