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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Try reading. Her friend shares a house and can STILL BARELY PAY HER BILLS. This should not be happening when someone works full time, while the executives at the company she works at take home millions that they made on the backs of people like her. It's disgusting, and you're defending it.[/quote]

And, there are people who make good salaries and can STILL BARELY PAY THEIR BILLS.  Sometimes, it is the way they spend their money.  As my dady said about a cousin:  "he can afford the luxuries but not the necessities."

As for minimum wage, only about 2% of workers are working for minimum wage--and half of them are teens or under 25.  I'm guessing most of the others are not single households.  If you raise minimum wage, teens will lose their jobs-as will others.  All workers will have to have their wages raised and that will destroy many, many small businesses.  Lots of owners start their businesses hardly paying themselves.  [/quote]

No 2/5 are under 25. That’s not half. And 20-25 year olds aren’t kids.[/quote]

Actually no. Most people working minimum wage are not doing it as their first job. They’re trying to live.

Not according to these statistics from 2019.
https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2019/home.htm

Did you actually read that?

“workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers, they made up about two-fifths of those paid the federal minimum wage or less.”

That means 3/5 are over age 25. So “mos

And, did you read how many are making minimum wage out of hourly workers?   Go back and read that part.  Not that many workers are relying on minimum wage.[/quote]

Great, but as I said, most of them who ARE are not teenagers looking for experience. Read more talk less.[/quote]

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