There's people in my mentions arguing about whether minimum wage employees should be paid enough to live. It's one of those arguments you just can't ever win because there is no logic or reasoning to refute. You're just competing against centuries of American brainwashing that led people to believe being able to push buttons on a computer means they're somehow more valuable to society than the people who produce the food they need to survive; therefore, they deserve 6 figure salaries while others should have to choose between food and rent.
Dedicating 40 hours a week to some company should be enough to earn minimum wage. Doing something useful should be the reason you earn more than that.
Things are getting so bad that in Western Europe being employed doesn't mean you can get all of that either. Inequality is getting unbearable even on first world countries.
@jgg @malwaretech That wasn’t the question though
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If the work needs to be done it's necessary therefore useful by definition. Few jobs are truly useless and the lowest paid jobs never fall into that category regardless.
@jgg @mnemonicoverload @malwaretech The lowest paying are often the most vital to society imho.
@jgg Being a living, breathing human being is enough to deserve food, shelter, utilities, and education. US minimum wage and governmental services provide very little of that. Conservative legislatures are trying to say some people don't deserve those, even if they pay for them.