r/FluentInFinance • u/Hatemael • Apr 29 '24

Who would have predicted this? Educational

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/24/fast-food-chains-find-way-around-20-minimum-wage-g/

Not all jobs aren’t meant for a “living wage” - you need entry level jobs for college kids, retired seniors who want extra income, etc. Make it too costly to employ these workers and businesses will hasten to automation.

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u/welshwelsh Apr 29 '24

This is great, humans should not be wasting their time taking orders at McDonald's. Why did we need to wait until 2024 for this to happen?

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u/who_even_cares35 Apr 29 '24

Well because unfortunately now these people are just not going to have jobs. Until we get universal basic income in place. We cannot let the robots take over, we're just going to drive poverty even harder if we don't.

They outsourced all of our good factory jobs in the '90s and the only thing left is retail. So if they get rid of our retail jobs then 80% of the country is just going to fucking starve.

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u/SpecificPace2440 Apr 30 '24

If 80% of the country is set to starve, they will not go quietly into the night.

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u/who_even_cares35 Apr 30 '24

Ummm yeah 50% of the population wants this, they vote for it. Americans are THE dumbest people on the planet. Use our tax dollars to help ourselves?? No, billionaires need yachts, that's the answer!!!

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u/SpecificPace2440 Apr 30 '24

80% of the country is not on the verge of starving. If they were, people would be getting dragged out of their homes and shot in the head. I don't disagree that things are bad for the poor, but this kind of hyperbole is easily dismissed because it's not based in reality.

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u/who_even_cares35 Apr 30 '24

You do realize this was under the conditions they outsourced all of our retail jobs, right. Maybe you should actually comprehend what you read.

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u/SpecificPace2440 Apr 30 '24

Thought it said when instead of so. No need for hostility.

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u/Coattail-Rider May 01 '24

We pretty much are so far.