There are always a slew of new 16 year olds looking to enter the work force part time in entry level positions every single year genius. In addition, there are always elderly people leaving the work force and looking to supplement their social security and pension incomes with part time jobs...."Go to school! Learn new skills, you lazy asses!"
...then who would replace them to work in the service industry? How could those industries survive if so many of the workers make minimum wage?
Keep in mind we are including state minimum wages here - not just the federal one. Right now anyone making a state minimum wage is living in poverty. Working up to 40 hours a week Is not enough for these people to live financially stable lives.
42% of American workers make less than $15 per hour. What is your solution to helping these people out of poverty?
You people are full of bitching but you have no real solutions.
The fact that you need that explained to you....wow.....