@Jedigirl@mindly.social Remember.... "Minimum Wage" is nothing more than your employer saying to you, "I'd pay you less, but I'm afraid of being violated in a prison shower".

@Jedigirl@mindly.social The only thing they are "acknowledging" is that they are an inhumane asshole who thinks they are above doing that one job that needs doing. #BadEconomy #DignityOfLabor

@Jedigirl@mindly.social Take it up another step and just say, "We need work slaves for our wealth to continue prospering, so suck it up and get working."

@Jedigirl@mindly.social With a side dish of "I don't like to be made uncomfortable, and I don't like seeing evidence of how badly this economic system fails to work out for most people, because I happen to be one of the lucky people for whom it does work out."

@Jedigirl@mindly.social So true!

@Jedigirl@mindly.social @timo21@mastodon.sdf.org I've always thought of it as 'You couldn't pay me enough to do that job, so I won't pay you enough to do it - even though you are doing it!"

@Jedigirl@mindly.social These things can't all be controlled through a central office, there are jobs where you can't make a living wage, for people who want to supplement their income, if you're in a job that doesn't cover your basic needs it's up to you (not the government) to decide whether or not to stay in that job...enough with the nanny state. People need to be better decision makers not have their decisions made by the state

@Jedigirl@mindly.social I don't see the implicit acknowledgement in that statement. Certainly there are jobs that don't need to be done. Maybe even jobs that shouldn't be done?

@Jedigirl@mindly.social It asumes in the first place that there can be wages you can't make a living with. Where is that? A lawles country?

@Jedigirl@mindly.social I think the appropriate term is "entry level" as in this job is for people who haven't had a job before. It is of low value and low risk, so if they flake out and don't show up it doesn't hurt us too much. Because it's low value to the company, the pay is equivalently low. If they demonstrate that they can show up every day and excel at it, then they can move up into a job that requires more skill, dedication, and is more valuable, and thus higher pay. They can also put on the resume "Worked at this job for a year and didn't get fired, so you know I can show up" and get a job of more value. People aren't meant to stay in that kind of job for more than a couple of years, or if they're older than about 21. The job is to recruit graduating high school students into the company and then filter them upwards, or out. It's kind of like an internship, except for people who aren't in college.