The Outrageous Truth About A $12 Minimum Wage And Your Grocery Bill

[davidthegnome]

12. Boo hoo.

If they can't afford to pay their employees enough to survive - then they can't afford to be hiring people. I keep hearing that, here in Northern Maine, the rich men that start companies and hire people are heroes, for providing jobs. The jobs they provide pay an average of eight dollars an hour. They do not offer benefits. The men who own these companies, generally speaking, have two or three homes, three or four cars, and earn so much more than their employees that it's despicable.

It's past time for some kind of progressive legislation that enables people to survive. I don't know if raising the minimum wage is the solution, but it's a good start. Frankly, I'm tired of working for "small businesses" that already put corporate profits way above their employees welfare. When these "small businesses" become "big businesses", and start making outrageous profits, you can count on them to not give a damn about the people who make the small businesses work.

You may be right about small businesses, but I'm past caring. I can barely survive as it is, and I'm sick of working my ass off for 8 dollars an hour, I'm sick of not having a choice - especially when employers CAN pay more, but refuse to. Do you honestly believe it would make a difference if most of these small businesses had the money to pay more? I don't. I think we'd see more like Walmart.

I'm tired. I'm broke - and I'm working. Time to go get ready for another night of it.