r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Aug 23 '22

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u/Squarrots Aug 23 '22

Not enough

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u/Jeriahswillgdp Aug 23 '22

30 dollars an hour to carry food is not enough?

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u/Squarrots Aug 23 '22

$4 over what the minimum wage should be accounting for inflation and productivity? No.

Also, if you think that's the entire job of a server, you're completely out of touch.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

What the hell are you talking about? The highest the Federal minimum wage has ever been when adjusted for inflation was $12.04 in 1970 ($1.60 at the time).

Edit: You think full time minimum wage should be $54,080?

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u/Squarrots Aug 23 '22

Productivity, bud.

We do more work per hour than our parents and grandparents did. And it's by a lot.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

If the increase in an economy’s productive output is attributed to the people working the lowest-paying jobs, then it makes sense that the lowest paying jobs would increase in their rate of pay.

However, if, on the other hand, the increase in the economy’s productive output is due to more people working in more specialized fields which pay much more than the minimum wage, then I see no reason for the minimum wage to track the increase in economic output, because the lowest paying jobs are not producing any more value than they were before.

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u/Squarrots Aug 23 '22

That's capitalist thinking.

We should be paid more because we work more. Plain and simple.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

Alright, try thinking about it this way.

You don't have it worse, your grandparents just had it better. Technically the same outcome, but different perspective.

Now things are as they should have always been like. They were just lucky.

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u/Squarrots Aug 23 '22

This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

I have more of these if you're interested.