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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
How am I supposed to "take responsibility"? I think a private business should be able to make as much profit as they can, as long as they are complying with the labor laws and minimum wages. Are you proposing that The Villages establish a higher minimum wage than the rest of Florida? Nobody is forcing people to work here.
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You're looking at it through a very narrow scope. Let's widen this just a bit.
So, all these people you think should just get better paying jobs if they don't like it - go out and get better paying jobs.
Where will you be going to dinner next week? Who will be the starter at the golf course when you tee off tomorrow morning? Which phlebotomist will be taking blood to do tests on your neighbor to make sure he doesn't have a disease he's showing symptoms for? How about that cashier at the gas station - they'll have to close that. And Walmart, and Aldi's, and Lowe's...
These are all low-paying jobs - at or near minimum wage. If there's no one left to perform those duties, then all those places will close. And that means the Villagers have no place to dine out, no grocery store to buy food in, no gas for their cars, etc. etc.
SOMEONE has to do these jobs. There are people willing to do them, for whatever reason. But when you tell people "if you don't like it, move" - you're basically threatening to shoot yourself in the foot. It's an unwise approach.