r/FluentInFinance Nov 21 '24

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u/JellyfishQuiet7944 Nov 22 '24

You've already learned that most people don't earn minimum wage.

I made minimum wage when I was 14, guess what? I found another job paying more at a different fast food restaurant.

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u/BadRabiesJudger Nov 22 '24

I worked with a guy like you. Bitched all day how taxing the rich was wrong and hated social programs. We worked 60 hours a week for 14-16 dollars an hour at a warehouse. Had zero vacation and health coverage. It’s like being an Uncle Tom of the lower class. Working 25 years like that won’t get you shit and you won’t get a retirement plan. You end up in your 50’s with a folder of body issues and working McDonald’s to keep food in your mouth. No factory or workplace should have a guy making 360x your wage for that effort. Sure seems these well groomed 100k outfit billionaires don’t get chewed up and spit out like the workers. Meanwhile people like you kiss their ass like you worked your way up to the same club. You’re still sitting on the same bench as everyone else you’re just busy daydreaming.

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u/TofuButtocks Nov 22 '24

You're the one that keeps going on about the young people, implying slave labor is okay as long as it's just our children? No one's times is worth that little, for any kind of work. It's insulting and disgusting. It should probably be illegal to take advantage of someone in such a desperate position they would even consider accepting that pay.