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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an interesting thread and good points made on both sides.  I do think that people tend to argue the extremes on issues like this.  Nevertheless, I DO think it is beyond terrible that the US company with the most overall revenue and billionaire owners (and shareholders) has FULL time employees who still need public assistance to get by.  
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I arrived in the US as an immigrant and made very little money when I started. I had to support a wife and child. I never relied on public assistance but what I did do was to work a second job to make ends meet. We also had to be very careful how we spent money. In the first year I was in the country, the only treat we had was a Sunday lunch at McDonald. I am grateful for all I have but it was by virtue of sheer hard work.

Today we are quite well-off by most standards but it was through hard work and gaining job skills. I really don't understand this discussion in which people feel they are entitled to a "living" wage when they don't have the skills to earn a "living" wage. People should go out and work the extra hours and get the necessary education to make a decent living. Neither the government nor any employer owes anyone a living.[/quote]

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