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I can’t afford this Trump economy

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Rubashov said:
How many workers are actually paid that minimum wage? So minimum wage in my old job was something like 23 bucks, i was on 50+
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That I don't know, but I do know that unskilled labor has no power and the primary way for an unskilled laborer to make more than min wage is to do a job that most people are not willing to do, for whatever reason. A cushy cash register job? Min wage for you and most will not hire full time because they don't want to pay for benefits, like health insurance. So an unskilled laborer will need two part time jobs, both without benefits (healthcare) just to get by. That also means they will never qualify for overtime pay. Anything over 40hrs a week has to be paid at 1.5x, but if you work two jobs you can work 70hrs a week and get no benefits and no overtime.
 
Sardines said:
That I don't know, but I do know that unskilled labor has no power and the primary way for an unskilled laborer to make more than min wage is to do a job that most people are not willing to do, for whatever reason. A cushy cash register job? Min wage for you and most will not hire full time because they don't want to pay for benefits, like health insurance. So an unskilled laborer will need two part time jobs, both without benefits (healthcare) just to get by. That also means they will never qualify for overtime pay. Anything over 40hrs a week has to be paid at 1.5x, but if you work two jobs you can work 70hrs a week and get no benefits and no overtime.
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The response to this by our MAGA friends is to "git good" essentially. Work harder. Do more than everyone else and they will make you a team lead and give you full time after you've been there a few years, plus a $1 pay rise.
 
Sardines said:
That I don't know, but I do know that unskilled labor has no power and the primary way for an unskilled laborer to make more than min wage is to do a job that most people are not willing to do, for whatever reason. A cushy cash register job? Min wage for you and most will not hire full time because they don't want to pay for benefits, like health insurance. So an unskilled laborer will need two part time jobs, both without benefits (healthcare) just to get by. That also means they will never qualify for overtime pay. Anything over 40hrs a week has to be paid at 1.5x, but if you work two jobs you can work 70hrs a week and get no benefits and no overtime.
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In the fishing village I live in called Melbourne, generally the only people who work for minimum wages are immigrants and children. Melbourne is routinely ranked as one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in, you need to earn close enough to 1000usd a week to get by. As an employer, you will struggle to get a local to work for the minimum and if they are they are likely stealing from you.
 
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I’d be surprised if 50 percent of the population even notices this passed. And I doubt it’ll change most voting habits. Just look at **** holes like West Virginia or Arkansas or Mississippi. The worse things get the redder they vote. The gop has unlocked the code for political dominance. It’s not making government work better for more people. It’s the opposite: make government work for fewer people and hurt the majority. The more miserable people become, the more they indulge in hating the outgroups that the GOP has created; blacks, immigrants, and gays.

Good luck America
 
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