Cephus
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Re: McDonald’s fresh hope to turn around slumping sales: Ordering burgers from a mach
Those jobs are supposed to be filled by teenagers, kids living at home with most of their expenses covered, as a place to learn basic work skills and develop a work ethic. Then they move on, either up the ladder to better paying jobs, or elsewhere once they get their education. These jobs were never intended for a living wage and anyone who is trying to do so is doing it wrong. And I'm not talking about people who, due to the economic downturn, got stuck in a low-paying job, I'm talking about people who have NEVER had a decent job in their lives, yet they have kids and other expenses, voluntary expenses I might add, that now they expect society to cover because they are irresponsible. Anyone who doesn't live within their means is, by definition, irresponsible. It isn't the job of McDonalds or Walmart or anyone else to pay them more because they made bad life choices, it certainly isn't the job of the American taxpayer to pay for their stupid decisions. It is theirs. They need to get it through their heads and man up.
There will never be a time in any country, ever, without low skill, poorly educated workers. They're in that position for all kinds of reasons, many of them their own doing, many of them factors beyond their control. And if you immediately made every worker in the U.S. skilled and responsible according to your metrics, we'd still need cashiers, McD workers, janitors, yard guys, etc. Millions and millions of them to make the economy hum. Now what are you going to blame for their low wages?
But the bottom line is I have a hard time calling people WORKING a JOB an example of their "utter irresponsibility" because it's low paid. Not everyone can be above average intelligence, with above average skills making above average wages.
Those jobs are supposed to be filled by teenagers, kids living at home with most of their expenses covered, as a place to learn basic work skills and develop a work ethic. Then they move on, either up the ladder to better paying jobs, or elsewhere once they get their education. These jobs were never intended for a living wage and anyone who is trying to do so is doing it wrong. And I'm not talking about people who, due to the economic downturn, got stuck in a low-paying job, I'm talking about people who have NEVER had a decent job in their lives, yet they have kids and other expenses, voluntary expenses I might add, that now they expect society to cover because they are irresponsible. Anyone who doesn't live within their means is, by definition, irresponsible. It isn't the job of McDonalds or Walmart or anyone else to pay them more because they made bad life choices, it certainly isn't the job of the American taxpayer to pay for their stupid decisions. It is theirs. They need to get it through their heads and man up.