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Originally Posted by jcommin
I couldn't buy a head of lettuce if that farm worker was paid a living wage.
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Neither could the farm worker. "Living wage" is a red herring. Pay a burger flipper $30k per yr. and pretty soon no one will be able to afford burgers and he'll be out of work. Furthermore, you shouldn't be able to support a family on a menial job. If you're not a teeanger working a summer job and you're making min. wage, your top priority in life should be finding a better job or getting promoted, not getting married and having kids.
There was an article in the Wash. Post a few yrs. ago about a Safeway worker who had been bagging groceries at that same store for 30+ yrs. and was making $60k. I already knew Safeways in the DC area were grossly overpriced and so I never went there. But that article explained why they were so expensive.