Maybe I'm thinking the wrong way about this, but imo entry level jobs are exactly that...entry level. Not meant to be a career.

its not gonna solve anything bumping it up to $20 because inflation will make $20/hr the new $7.25.


Maybe I'm thinking the wrong way about this, but imo entry level jobs are exactly that...entry level. Not meant to be a career.

I read an article awhile back about guy who had worked as a busser at waffle house for 35 years and his son had worked there like 15. The piece was semi-spun around how little he was paid but in his tenure he never advanced.....and was quoted as saying " well, I never wanted to do anything different"


So really, whose fault is it? is the employer supposed to just hand him cash strictly on tenure for a entry level job?

But with our failed educational system

That is a really stupid thing to post.

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So, what was Sanders’s solution? First, he cut the hours of his field staffers from 60 to about 43 a week — which meant the campaign could say it was paying $15 an hour without actually increasing field organizers’ pay. Then on Monday, his campaign finally gave in and agreed to raise salaries to $42,000, preserve full health premium coverage and limit workers’ hours to 50 per week.

I'm not good at math but I think it comes out to $800 per week. Times have changed but I started for around that much a month. Thoughts?

That is a really stupid thing to post.

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Let me get this straight...….
You think, our education system, has been a success...… ?

Intelligence levels in individuals vary a lot, everybody is not smart enough to be a rocket scientist.

That is a really stupid thing to post.

Change my mind.

Kids graduating now for the most part can't set up a budget, read or write in cursive, write a check, balance a check book, do a simple tax return, do simple math problems in their head, they have to diagram and break it down or use a calculator. Most can't even make change even when the cash register tells them how much it is. An example is a bill for $13.47 cents and I gave the person $15.50 and they gave me back a $5 bill and a quarter. I gave the money back and said the change should be $2.03, they called their lead person over and she said I was given the correct amount and handed me $5.25 and said thanks. I gave up and just took it and walked away.

Kids graduating now for the most part can't set up a budget, read or write in cursive, write a check, balance a check book, do a simple tax return, do simple math problems in their head, they have to diagram and break it down or use a calculator. Most can't even make change even when the cash register tells them how much it is. An example is a bill for $13.47 cents and I gave the person $15.50 and they gave me back a $5 bill and a quarter. I gave the money back and said the change should be $2.03, they called their lead person over and she said I was given the correct amount and handed me $5.25 and said thanks. I gave up and just took it and walked away.

I agree with some of the things you said. Where I take exception, and I see this a lot from people older than me, is:

No one cares about writing in cursive. I thought it was dumb when I was taught it, and I’m almost 40.

No one writes checks anymore. In fact, if you do, no one likes you. Therefore, there is no balancing a checkbook. It’s all managing your checking account, but writing a check, in a city, is a no-no. I understand a lot of people here probably still write checks and think balancing a check book matters, but it doesn’t for the kids in school right now, or the last twenty years.

No one does a “simple tax return” because tax returns aren’t simple (although they should be) and turbo tax is $50 and you can do it in your underwear in an hour or less.

Yes, the ability to perform simple math in their head is an issue. I believe everyone should be able to to basic arithmetic. But, just like reading a clock is unnecessary because everyone has a digital clock now, everyone also has a calculator on them at all times. It’s all in your phone. Right or wrong, that the way of the world now.

I still write checks for 90% of my bills, cause I got hacked on on line banking multiple times, realizing it could happen on my mailed checks many times. I just don't trust on line banking at all. Im still going to Winstar tomorrow and gang raping TFF folks on the poker table by the thousands. Mark my words.