Originally Posted by
talaniman
Try and keep up, we lost million and millions of jobs during the global meltdown, and millions before that when factory jobs were sent overseas. They have been replaced mostly with minimum wage service jobs. To add to all those displaced workers who had good jobs more women and young people compete for those jobs too, and that make for more people than jobs.
Yeah that 40 year old who wants to work takes what he can, so does the 28 year old female with kids, after her divorce, and there are millions of stories like that. Now I am not against making jobs in Mexico, or India, but taking care of USA should come first, right? I mean those low wage workers need assistance, oh maybe not the kid with pimples but that mom or dad with kids does, and that comes out of everybody's pocket, which some don't mind, but many do, and don't want to give them a damn thing, but would rather take it away from them.
With me so far? Good, Now the guy who makes millions (BILLIONS EVEN) and rides planes doesn't want to pay a fair or living wage, so he threatens to raise the price of whatever he sells, AND gets all kind of tax breaks and money shelters to keep him rich. So why should he care about the low wage workers who make him rich?
SO!! To sum up the rich guy who gets the tax breaks and shelters, also get workers that need food stamps to supplement a poverty level income. And that's how we get working poor people, with mouths to feed of ALL ages. Just think, a .5% increase in taxes would make some really good jobs for skilled laborers building bridges, and roads and save us a lot of loot on that social safety net. But if you rather go back to workers organizing and demanding more money or shutdown Wendy's and McDonalds, that's cool too.
Caught up yet?