Lazy, shiftless bastards. And I have news for the baby's mother. The last thing she wants is 15 bucks an hour. She'll lose her WIC and free healthcare for her baby. She's better off at minimum wage. Just don't work to hard, or she'll be promoted and lose her government bennies.
“is it your belief that all you have to do is download a child and it automatically becomes someone else’s responsibility to cover the costs?”
Sounds like my step daughter...no education, no skills, no job, no husband but a parent.
Now whatchugonnado?
Excellent road map and should be taught in school under the title of “Success In The Business World-101”.
...duh...what was I thinking. That would never be taught in gubment schools...
i worked at McDonalds for minimum wage for a few months during high school... moved on to retail apparel during my college years... always part-time... never did i plan to stay in retail once i finished college... the gals who did work in retail full-time were either single—no kids, working their way to management, or wives of husbands who had full-time careers... or divorcees who were living with their parents until they could get back on their feet...
When a manager keeps his/her restaurant humming, workers in fast food really have to move. At the end of a shift, they know they’ve been at work. That is generally the case, because district and regional managers pay close attention to the bottom line. Are their crappy fast food restaurants? Sure. But most serve quickly and serve well. I worked it while in college decades ago, and I know it isn’t a piece of cake when it’s done right.
That said, I think wages in the US have been suppressed by the decision of the powers that be to flood the market with workers. The most recent example is the illegal immigrant population, many of who were legalized in Reagan’s amnesty. These low skill workers have made it so that there are sometimes hundreds in line for one job when in a real market it would be far fewer.
Wherever illegals work, they establish the baseline pay that employers consider. Are they rampant in industries like construction, agriculture, and etc. where workers come and go quickly and where minimal ID is required? You bet. Do they distort the wage scale because they are often paid under the table? It’s proven, and not just a theory.
So, can they have get false social security numbers, fake id’s, etc.? Yes.
And they flood the food industry, again where there is quick turnover and minimal requirement to prove identity, and a real possibility of being paid under the table.
So, do I think wages are artificially low? Yes. I think illegal and legal immigrants make them that way. Do I think that even in tech fields, that bringing in Indian, Chinese, etc. geeks drives down the wages in that sector for Americans? Yes, I do. The scarcer a thing is, the more it costs. Having a surplus of a thing makes it cheaper.
Wages in America are low, kept that way by flooding our job markets with both legal and illegal immigrants. That is the plan of the neo-aristocrats in both the Republican and Democrat parties who are partners in turning the US in a nation of serfs with the barest minimum of a middle class.