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Originally posted by masraum
I see your point, but the problem is that there are people that are trying to live on that wage. There are "adults" who have graduated HS and gotten married at 18 or 19 and work at retail jobs and are trying to live, rent an apt, eat, drive a car, have car ins. Have you ever tried to do that on $7/hr? I think that's about $16-17k a year.
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Yes, I have. When I graduated HS I didn't have a clue what I wanted to do. My parents weren't going to pay for college so I moved out and got a job (front desk clerk at a motel $7.50/hr) and signed up for classes at a Community College. It SUCKED! So I quit school to save money for school and it didn't work like I planned. So I joined the military for 4yrs for the GI bill. Got out and used the GI bill for school. Graduated from MSU with a BS in Civil Engineering in three years while I worked about 25-30hrs a week. Then I got married had kids, etc... That's my story in a nutshell.
Back on Topic: I guess I'm more upset at the hike in min wage because our economy here in MI is still struggling so they raise min wage? We are WAY too dependent on the auto industry and as you've all heard that US car manufactures aren't doing the greatest. Anyways, all that is for another thread. But I guess, in my mind, these jobs are for kids in HS or even college. These types of jobs are NOT careers even though people try to make them that way.