[AppyPappy]

but I just can't believe that McDonald's or Wal-Mart, etc... cannot afford to pay their workers more.

I can't believe people settle for that kind of job. We should just outlaw fast food jobs and save the workers from having to work for only $7 an hour.

[hybrid]

I can't believe people settle for that kind of job.

Have you read the book, "Nickeled and Dimed" before? A very good experiment by a woman who decided to try and find good jobs with the standard, "I've been married and raising kids and now I have to re-enter the workforce with no experiences." She was actually a writer of many years. She had good health, and starter money. And she found it can be done. If you work yourself to death, essentially. It was miserable, it was horrible, she couldn't find a job that paid enough for even mediocre housing...