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Originally Posted by ktsnake
What is your point? That we all have to do stuff to get stuff? Is that what passes for a 'struggle' these days? It's a dramatic as heck word. I still contend that the very fact that someone is working a minimum wage job is their own fault. You don't end up as an adult with no marketable skills without having any input into the situation yourself. It was an option to finish high school and then go to some college/votech program to learn marketable skills. There may have been an apprenticeship position somewhere. Job Corps is available. Yeah, I guess they all require you to do stuff in order to get stuff and thus "struggle," but really.. so what? Am I supposed to feel sorry for some idiot who chose to drop out of high school and have babies thinking that their job at White Castle would provide?
And actually, if they weren't taking care of things themselves, e.g., owning a car, having flood insurance, etc., then they were relying on someone else. New Orleans has flooded before. Everyone who lives there knows or should know that the levee system is inadequate for some storms. Everyone knew or should have known that such a storm was a decent possibility. Therefore, if they weren't prepared for the eventuality of a storm, then they were expecting someone else to be prepared for them. There is no truth to your statement that they weren't dependant on someone else. Show me one minimum wage worker that isn't also receiving some sort of government benefit -- TANF, WIC, Section 8 Housing, etc.
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I would have to disagree with you. Let's say that there is a family who has had a nice corporate job with a nice salary and benefits; however, s/he gets laid off because of cutbacks. Even though s/he has marketing skills and a great educational background, its been difficult to obtain new employment, thus sacrificing yet not relying on any government assistance and gets a job that only pays minimum wage.
So the question that I have for you is...where are you getting your statistcs and/or proof that those who earn minimum wage are receiving some form of assistance?
There's a possibility that I'm right...there's a possibility that you are right....we can not speak for the majority EITHER WAY because more than likely we DO NOT have the facts.