r/FluentInFinance 5d ago

$14,000,000,000? Discussion/ Debate

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u/dillvibes 5d ago

The first thing I think of when I ask someone at Lowe's where the weather strippings are and they ask me what that is, is that they deserve forty thousand dollars.

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u/SpaceBoJangles 5d ago

Dang, maybe they should Just be paid $50-$70,000/yr instead of $30-40,000/yr so that they can afford to live instead of having two jobs.

I’d rather have everyone working at Home Depot and Lowe’s making a living wage than “incentivizing” them to leave and go get a “real job”. We don’t need everyone unable to live unless they’re an engineer or manager. I’d rather have 60% of the country comfortable and performing happily at service jobs than 80-90% of the country scrambling to become an engineer. You’re just arguing for a country of neurotic, anxiety ridden poor people.

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u/MrPokeGamer 5d ago

The world needs ditch diggers too

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u/worldspawn00 5d ago

And ditch diggers should earn enough to live if society needs them to do that job.