Fast-Food Strikes Expand Across U.S. to 50 Cities

[Flatulo]

349. I was responding to a post that claimed that the connection between skill level and wage

was a myth.

Someone else has pointed out that indexed for inflation, the minimum wage should be around $15. Why not apply that to every worker? Why limit it to fast food? There's power in numbers. If there are a few million fast food workers, there must be tens of millions of total min wage workers in every field - manufacturing, hospitality, transportation - you name it.

I don't begrudge anyone a decent wage - I made the unpardonable sin of bring skills into the discussion - as in people with higher skills in professions with greater demand should make a higher wage. At that point, people stopped reading what I wrote and instead heard only what they wanted to hear. This is very common on DU, especially when one ventures an opinion even a tiny bit different from the orthodox, pack-endorsed version.