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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$15/hr PT is barely enough money for a teenager to cover extra curriculars and gas, let alone rent and food for a family.

They call it minimum wage for a reason. Who told you you should be able to afford rent and food for a family and non-public education on minimum wage?

Minimum wage is working poor/poverty level and it always has been.

Get some education get some skills.[/quote]
FDR: https://publicpolicy.pepperdine.edu/blog/posts/what-did-fdr-mean-by-a-living-wage.htm[/quote]

This is a different issue. What you’re describing is the evaporation of low skilled middle class manufacturing jobs, not minimum wage. OP seems to think they should be able to afford a nice lifestyle on minimum wage. The other thing that really hampers people who live in places like the rust belt and New England where manufacturing jobs have died out, is that they are often unwilling to relocate or retool to get different middle class jobs. Hence the high rates of alcoholism and opiate use in these areas. They are so deeply attached to community and geography at the expense of their survival.[/quote]

Jesus Christ. I bet you’re still sitting there twiddling your thumbs, wondering why Trump won.[/quote]

Why would I? If I understood this I also know why trump won.[/quote]

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