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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All jobs deserve a fair wage, it does not matter if it's a 17 year old, 40 year old or 70 year old. Burger flipping is not just flipping when you likely have to deal with disgruntled customers, bus tables, clean bathrooms, take orders, complete food prep, balance the cash register at the end, ensure cutlery is clean, etc.

Not everyone should go to college, the reason why college degrees and now grad degrees have cheapened in value is because this country pushed everyone to go to college instead of making a pain for fair wages.

People with college/grad degrees, stop refusing to see and acknowledge that you are impacted most when the poor don't get fair wages for employment and everyone is pushed into college, this directly affects your class position as well. [/quote]

All jobs deserve a fair wage... for that kind of a job. [/quote]

What exactly is that supposed to mean? [b]Are you suggesting that some jobs should pay more than others?[/b] Because that is basically the very root of income disparity itself. All work is honorable. All workers are equal. But if some workers are still earning more than others, we will never achieve true equality. It’s very discouraging that people still do not get this. [/quote]

Yeah. 
I think my trash collector should be paid the same as my CPA.  
Do you understand that some workers make more than others because the skills needed are more advanced than others AND the accountability of the job is greater?  
You want your brain surgeon paid the same as your local fast food worker?[/quote]

CPA’s could be largely eliminated by AI. Sanitation workers? Not so much. So I’d say trash collectors are actually FAR more important than CPA’s - who’s primary task in many cases seems to be figuring out how wealthy people can take advantage of loopholes and regulations to legally cheat on their taxes. We’d be a lot better off with more, higher paid sanitation workers and a lot fewer CPA’s. [/quote]

Actually sanitations can be replaced by robots..my in laws trash pick up is all automated except for the driver.[/quote]

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