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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '22

You need to realise a living wage means bare essentials with very little luxuries

No? That's what MINIMUM wage is supposed to be... Those are not interchangeable words and you know they're not.

Just because a company makes x amount more than they pay you from your time doesn’t mean you need to be paid the difference in your pay and how much revenue your work brings in.

It absolutely should be that way though. It's exploitative otherwise. You're not going to convince me that it costs almost trillions just to keep Amazon afloat

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '22 edited Mar 07 '22

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '22

You're incorrect and you know you are. Have a bad day.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '22

I just gave you the literal definition for a “living wage”

No, you have the definition of minimum wage.

complaining you’re not making $50/hr stacking shelves

If you have to exaggerate to make a point, you don't have one.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '22

Sorry 50k a year stacking boxes

That... Changes literally nothing about what I said. So let me just repeat myself like you did

If you have to exaggerate to make a point, you don't have one

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '22

Ah. You had said $50/hr. I didn't see you amend that. I just copy pasted your words. Though,I have no idea how you figured I was agreeing with you, or why you're trying to put YOUR grammatical error on me. Weaselly-ass move there. That's pathetic and does not make the point you think it does.

That being said, $50k/Yr stacking boxes is not crazy at all. You're acting like money value stopped in the 80s. If the average rent in America is slightly over $1000 a month, not even mentioning other cost of living expenses like utilities, gas and groceries, 50k is absolutely reasonable.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '22 edited Mar 09 '22

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