Why should those working continue to live in poverty?
Education and skills are nice but they don't always keep you safe from the unemployment line.
Perhaps wages are too low for the skilled work that the "unskilled" workers seem like they're the ones out of line for asking for wages high enough to support a basic lifestyle.
You're right, education and skills don't always keep you from unemployment. But, the potential to get a job that pays "well" should be a part of becoming educated and trained. Now, I don't refer to degrees or "skills" that have no practical application and absolutely no demand. No education, no skills? Prepare to get a job that doesn't pay well, until you can get to a point in your life where you get something better.
If you would, define what it is to "support a basic lifestyle".
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I'll answer the last question first -- One that involves being able to eat, shelter, and clothe oneself without the need of government assistance. Also that leaves a small amount left over for savings in case of emergency. Far too many people who attack workers are also in a spot where a medical emergency or a car repair can be catastrophic.
You'll have to tell me what you think is "well-paid" based on demanded skills. For instance what do you think a Custodian should be paid? A Housekeeper? A Nurse? A Plumber? Should not all of these people both skilled/unskilled be able to seek another place of employment and have the ability to take care of the above until they can further find work in their respective fields?
And something better isn't always an option...especially for those who have spent so long in their particular fields and end up out of work due to outsourcing or plant closures. Telling a person who has spent 35+ years building car parts in Ohio that they need to go back to school, compete with people much younger than him/herself, and hope they can get an entry level job somewhere making enough to pay the bills is asinine.
:If those jobs are "unimportant" why do the rest of us partake of their product? Cross-threading here, but if you can't afford to make, or afford the time to make, your own cheeseburger, isn't that McD employee doing a service for you? I wouldn't call being fed to be "unimportant."
Edit to add: I don't do my landscaping, roofing, deck work, etc. Those guys are probably making close to minimum, but I hire them because I don't have the time. Heard?
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My english lit degree currently nets me more than the average by a mint for my state and I live a block from one of the most gorgeous beaches in the country.
This has been posted from my office while I have my regular afternoon beer.
That useless liberal arts degree. /shakes fist
I have two degrees in English (B.A. and M.A) and I am making triple the figures posted in Texas. I've never been unemployed and I was the first in my friend circle to find a full-time job after college with full salary and benefits. I love my job and I look forward to going to work 80% of the time.
Skoldier for life.
Out of all of my friends who are within the "millennial" age range I make the least. I also make 3x my states average...
I like to bring this up when I get the chance. I always see shit written from the infinite mediocrity (those slobs that are loud and average and angry about it) about these degrees being shit like basket weaving and I just laugh into my mojito.
And somehow I manage to still vote with their interests in mind. Funny that.
To be honest, stats like this are as uninformative or perhaps just misleading as measuring male vs female earnings; it's too broad.
I am the lucid dream
Uulwi ifis halahs gag erh'ongg w'ssh
I can do my hobbies at work most of the time.
I take care of my mom who is currently going through chemo as well as other family obligations.
And I can still go into work a few hours on a Saturday to catch the afternoon post farmers market traffic.
What's the difference in taking off MON/TUES instead of Saturday and Sunday? Nice attempt at a dig, though