A lot of people receiving help are working. Some can't work.
Housing help, heating help, food stamps, medicaid.
Single parents who work need child care.
If you assholes would increase the minium age then we would not have to subsidize thosr employers.
Oh, in other words government forcing industry to Democrat pay scales. No thank you.
Did you ever think the reason some people are working and receiving government help is because of their irresponsible decisions in life and not minimum wage? You know, like having kids you could never afford?
So let's see: why is it I can support myself on my job and others can't? For one, I never had any children. Two, minimum wage jobs just didn't work for me, so I learned a new career; one where I am highly in demand. Three, I don't spend money I don't have. Four, instead of spending the money I made partying, buying crap I didn't need, I invested it in real estate and created a second income along with a retirement supplement.
So lets bring back sweat shops & child labor? Look, if a company can't afford to pay their help more than minium wage, then it ain't worth shit & the owner/manager is too stupid to own or manage a company.
Gee, I wonder how dumbass like you can do shit. You must have a job that requires no thought.
Not everyone has the same opportunities..Those born to well off parents have many times better chances than those born into poverty. Some people are physically or mentally unable to work a good job. Single parents have kids to take care off. Some have an illness that prevents then from working full time.
Your item one makes me happy. You had opportunities & you did OK, congratulations.
When employers pay the minimum wagem, they are being subsidized by you as the government has to step in & help them with housing, food, healthcare. So why aren't you having a freak out about them?
So let's go through your laundry list here:
Why are people single-parent families if they could never afford those kids in the first place? Government.
People who cannot work more than part-time are eligible for partial disability. One of my tenants is on it.
Not everybody has equal opportunities; those born with well-off parents have better chances than those born into poverty. I agree. Then why are we subsidizing and incentivizing poor people to have children in the first place? Shouldn't we be doing the exact opposite? Maybe make a requirement that you have to be fixed first before getting one red cent from taxpayers? Then using that money to give tax breaks to affluent families if they have more children?
Your worth as an employee is calculated by how easy you are to replace. You are only worth as much as an employer can pay somebody else to do the same job (same quality) as you do. That's what we are all worth.
If you make 20 bucks an hour, go to your employer and ask for a raise, and he refuses, you can leave and let him find somebody else. Now if he can pay the new replacement 18 bucks an hour to do the exact same job that you did, you were being overpaid. If he can find somebody for the same wage as you, you were making exactly what you were worth. If he has to pay somebody 22 bucks an hour or more to take your job, you were correct in leaving because you were being underpaid.