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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Which unskilled high school dropouts, illegal aliens, and 17-year-old kids looking for their first job, are working at Walmart? I haven't checked credentials but all the employees I see there appear to be well over 18. No idea what their education is, because it's none of my business. As long as they know how to do their jobs, I frankly don't give a flying fart where they're from or how many jobs they've had or what their education is.
If they do their job, they should be paid a living wage. If they don't do their job they should be fired.
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Define "a living wage". Is it the same for a 17-year old's first job as it is for a 35-year-old father of 4??? If not, then should the pay scale be the same for both??? Does experience count??? Should the stock boy get paid the same as the CEO????
Of course there is, and needs to be, a stratification of wages based on responsibilities of the job, and the prerequisite education and experience. But by raising the minimum wage to $15-22/hour, it pushes first time job seekers out of the market. Perhaps that is why you observe all the Walmart workers to be "well over 18"----we have seniors flipping burgers at McDonald's because some are getting paid more than they ever earned in their working life.