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In reply to the discussion: Making $7.75 an Hour, and Figuring There’s Little to Lose by Speaking Out [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)86. That's more than McDonald's pays. And you get paid vacation & insurance & a retirement plan.
Move to Dallas, TX, learn basic sec. skills, and start in an office job at $30,000 a year with paid vacation, insurance, and a retirement plan. Work your way up in raises to $45,000 a year...your retirement plan is built up by then. You're still getting insurance....and you probably get more paid vacation by then.
Don't be a Debbie Downer. Planning what to do for a living so that you get more than minimum wage is possible. People do it ALL THE TIME. You don't get paid more by NOT planning for a decent living, I know that.
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Making $7.75 an Hour, and Figuring There’s Little to Lose by Speaking Out [View all]
n2doc
Jul 2013
OP
Or she can do what poor struggling Ann and Mitt did in college -- sell some stock.
Arugula Latte
Jul 2013
#27
The race issues surfaced by the Zimmerman trial are extremely important.
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2013
#15
Read this thread where the authoritarians are defending foreign-made uniforms for our military
BrotherIvan
Jul 2013
#21
I would argue that many 'centrists' on this very board are right in line with Reagan
BrotherIvan
Jul 2013
#42
We have been taught to hate the working class and blame workers for everything.
Skeeter Barnes
Jul 2013
#34
Meanwhile, fast food corporations everywhere are automating away every last job
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2013
#12
Wage theft is a big problem and it can be risky to fight if you really need the job.
Skeeter Barnes
Jul 2013
#35
If people want cheap fast food, this is the consequence. These used to be jobs for teens.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#39
Exactly. Honeycombe needs to look through the want ads and see what professionals are making.
reformist2
Jul 2013
#60
So do something else. How about a secretarial job? Basic office skills, I said.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#88
That's more than McDonald's pays. And you get paid vacation & insurance & a retirement plan.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#86
start in an office job at $30,000 a year ???? I have a master's and started in my job with
raccoon
Jul 2013
#91
Oh, for shame! I dared to say that someone should study hard & get an education!
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#85
How does one get this education when higher education has been priced out of most people's reach
Arcanetrance
Jul 2013
#92
Learning a trade or a skill I tried that I worked my ass off for ten years in the culinary industry
Arcanetrance
Jul 2013
#94
Actually I chose the culinary field because it's the only thing I ever enjoyed I took one year away
Arcanetrance
Jul 2013
#99
The comfort of the rich require an abundant supply of the poor. - Voltaire
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2013
#40
Here's the bottom line - the rich 1% are not deserving of 90% of the wealth, and 99% of us know it.
reformist2
Jul 2013
#68
Another problem with revolutions is that after a lot of turmoil and bloodshed,
winter is coming
Jul 2013
#64