Posted on 10/15/2013 12:44:45 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than half of low-wage workers employed by the largest U.S. fast-food restaurants earn so little that they must rely on public assistance to get by, according to a study released on Tuesday.
This ends up costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars a year, the study said.
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau and public benefit programs show 52 percent of fast-food cooks, cashiers and other "front-line" staff had relied on at least one form of public assistance, such as Medicaid, food stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit program, between 2007 and 2011, researchers at the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Illinois said.
The Berkeley study was sponsored by the two universities and received funding from the pro-labor organization Fast Food Forward.
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I’ve always wondered how the fast food workers can afford to live. With the economic downturn I see more people in their sixties manning the drive-thru.
Majority of U.S. fast-food workers need public assistance
That’s because the majority of fast food workers are not the people those jobs are meant for.Fast food jobs in all but the management are primarily meant for those just entering the workforce to learn skills, students working part time and others seeking part time employment. The jobs were not intended for or at a pay scale for those raising a family. But what we have now are a majority of low skilled people, legal and illegal who will never work to develop the skills or schooling to advance past these low level low paying jobs but demand wages and benefits that come with higher skills and training.
Fast food jobs were never meant to be a career choice.
Leave your flippin fast food job and work elsewhere. One of the smartest moves in marketing by McDonalds was about 20 years ago when they went after the retired people as employees. They showed up on time, worked hard, were friendly and appreciated the work.
It will cost the government a lot more if these living wage bills go through. People are not going to pay the prices necessary to keep these businesses afloat paying these living wages. $20 McDonald’s hamburger, anyone?
People will then lose their jobs and be on public assistance. Is that what these cretins want? (Probably).
So.... add in all of the freebies and in the end, someone working for minimum wage has more disposable income than they would if they made thrice that in wage.
And these are the same ones who will be screaming for someone’s head on a pike when they lose one or more of their entitlement checks because they’re now making too much to qualify.
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What this is really an indicator of is how bad Obama and his policies have destroyed the economy and middle class. Many of these people would be in higher paying jobs. But we must not talk about that.
Labor is at most 25% of the cost of fast food. Check your numbers.
It can be a career choice, but if that’s your career you gotta work the ladder. When I was at McD our regional manager lived in one of the nicer neighborhoods in town, down the street from a cardiologist I knew, not cheap, and he started as a regular crew member. Nobody should stay a crew member for more than 2 years, move up or move out.
A study funded by union-front groups, what a shock
lol and lol
Not long ago, we had to wait 3 hours for a Pizza Hut delivery... it’s 4 miles away.
They are overpaid, lol
Since fast food jobs ARE a career choice, I don’t want fast food!
Another smart move is our local Wendy’s who employs a friendly, pleasant autistic girl. She may not be capable of running the cash register and taking orders (yet), but she is perfectly OK at keeping the place clean, filling the ketchup, napkins and all those things which get chronically neglected in most fast food joints.
it’s called an “entry level job” for a reason.
it wasn’t intended to be your career for life after having 3 kids by age 21.
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