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In reply to the discussion: MCDONALD'S STRIKER: 'They're Not Paying Us Enough To Survive' [View all]Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)111. Like the "real world" in Australia
where they pay $16 an hour for fast food workers? How in the fuck do those "Pie-in-the-sky" auusies do it?
Either you want people to make a wage that will keep them off food stamps, or you don't mind if people have to get food stamps because their pay is inadequate.
That's the real world.
And I bet you practically orgasm when some CEO gets a $200 million bonus off the backs of his or her overworked, underpaid workers, huh? Cuz those profane bonuses don't qualify as PIE IN THE SKY bullshit?
YOU need to join the real world.
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I can't imagine trying to survive in NYC on Lopez's hourly rate: $8.75/hr.!
snappyturtle
Nov 2012
#2
I find it most sad that our youth, the future, is so blighted with circumstances to eek
snappyturtle
Nov 2012
#68
I find it hard to believe how many are willing to sell out the future generations
Live and Learn
Nov 2012
#102
Oh my, I was dealing with the SAME income argument with some right winger on facebook recently!
alp227
Nov 2012
#88
What's really sad is McD's could give most of these folks a 50% raise and they
madinmaryland
Dec 2012
#120
I think they let kids out early if they work and are in a school sponsored club
sammytko
Nov 2012
#107
Wages aren't set by profits of the employer. They're set by skill level and # of applicants
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#77
Nah. I used to flip burgers. I've done a # of jobs. Flipping burgers requires no special
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#128
Minimum wage in TX is $7.25 hr to start. (exceptions for teens & students)
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#129
Your post flies in the face of the idea that workers have a choice to unionize. It's insulting. nt
Selatius
Nov 2012
#73
in other countries you can survive on it, is our country so crappy that we can't?
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#97
Are you a time traveller from the 1960's or something? Nowadays, "good" jobs are hard to find.nt
raccoon
Dec 2012
#139
The State raises the minimum wage. These workers should demand a minimum wage hike.
Sunlei
Nov 2012
#14
To clarify, it is a "Shift Manager" in NYC making $8.75/hour and not merely a "burger-flipper."
RadiationTherapy
Nov 2012
#33
Solidarity!!! With the living seeds of the future of this country! Are we going to OPPRESS them? or
patrice
Nov 2012
#52
They NEVER DID pay us enough to survive. I worked for McD's in the seventies...
1monster
Nov 2012
#58
(Scrooge accent) Well the poor chaps need to be wearing rags and begging for pennies on the street!
alp227
Nov 2012
#93