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Originally Posted by poker0814
see how you would like it if the minimum wage was $15 and the next time you went to Mcdonalds, it cost $4.50 for a small fries
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If I were willing to eat at McDonald’s (which I’m not—but that’s a whole other thread), I would have no problem paying $4.50 for a small order of fries if I knew that it meant that the workers were earning a decent living wage. Too expensive? Then, as I wrote in my previous post, I would juggle my priorities and perhaps eat out less frequently and/or make other changes that would allow me, frankly, to live with myself.
For goodness sakes, these workers are our fellow citizens! We were all working people at one time, and yes, some of us (myself included) owned small businesses as well. Do we improve our lot in life by diminishing that of others? To each her or his own, I guess, but for myself (and this is how I was brought up), I would find that unconscionable! I just don’t get it when working people are pitted against other working people. It’s not hard to see who benefits when this attitude is encouraged….