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In reply to the discussion: Fast-Food Strikes Expand Across U.S. to 50 Cities [View all]Flatulo
(5,005 posts)college grads can't find work at $10. People who used to make 6 figures have seen their pay cut by 30, 40, or 50% or more. Wages are in a deflationary spiral, unless you're a 1%-er.
I'd love to see fast food workers get $15. My kid is among them, after spending $200,000 on higher education only to find a stagnant job market. Awl of his friends, all college-educated, are working in retail or fast food. It fucking sucks. Profitable companies are raking in megabucks while they work their existing staff to death rather than hire more help.
Perhaps a stronger way to deal with this would be to get these mofos via the tax code. If they won't pay workers a livng wage, and they need relief from the government, that money should be recouped one way or another. I hate to see more people dependent on handouts, but I don't see employers granting large pay increases when 20% of the workforce is idle or under-utilized.