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6. While I appreciate their sentiment,

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 08:24 PM

Jun 2014

their daughters will never really experience what that is like - it is impossible. Yes, they could scoop ice cream or wait tables, but their experience will be defined by what their parents are now and what they will be in the future. They will never - unless they break completely from their parents - go home to the kind of place minimum wage affords. They will never have to decide between paying for groceries or paying rent. They will never have to say, "I can't afford this semester of tuition at the local community college" - or "I can't afford the $4.00 Medicaid co-pay for each of the seven different medications I need each month" .

They will never face the reality of the life behind a minimum wage job.

It's more about showing them - briefly - how the other half (or 99%) live, which is not quite the same as living it. Is it better than sending them straight off to an Ivy League college and hand-picked internships? Of course, but I'm not sure how much character-building they'll get, under the circumstances.

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Obamas want daughters to get taste of life on minimum wage: Parade [View all] OneCrazyDiamond Jun 2014 OP

Some of us don't have the option of stopping though Fearless Jun 2014 #1

True, OneCrazyDiamond Jun 2014 #2

figures heaven05 Jun 2014 #25

I didn't miss the point Fearless Jun 2014 #27

Hell, any person with heaven05 Jun 2014 #30

Again I did not miss the point. Fearless Jun 2014 #31

okay, realistically what heaven05 Jun 2014 #32

Likewise. n/t Fearless Jun 2014 #33

The Obamas are good people. cheapdate Jun 2014 #3

And very good parents. llmart Jun 2014 #4

This is a good and decent impulse from the Obamas, but I feel there's something enough Jun 2014 #5

While I appreciate their sentiment, enlightenment Jun 2014 #6

True dflprincess Jun 2014 #10

I'm going to bet the Obama girls Mr.Bill Jun 2014 #14

yes they should "get a taste" for at least a few hours of their 1% privileged lives nt msongs Jun 2014 #7

Yup It's not like they are moving out into an Apartment . bahrbearian Jun 2014 #8

That's really mean frazzled Jun 2014 #17

Your scorn for the Obama daughters should be rejected by every DUer. phleshdef Jun 2014 #18

not that often I agree with you Mass Jun 2014 #19

geez, you just heaven05 Jun 2014 #26

Just a taste, though, to build character. Brickbat Jun 2014 #9

Maybe, just maybe heaven05 Jun 2014 #28

Secret Service may have a different opinion about that bluestateguy Jun 2014 #11

That's great, but they can always go back to their wealthy parents. Ash_F Jun 2014 #12

Beats crying over getting took on snob wine. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #13

Awesome. I worked at Baskin-Robbins for three years in high school. DebJ Jun 2014 #15

That is an experience everyone should have. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #16

My kids also work dirty low-paying jobs during summer break.. mama Jun 2014 #20

yep heaven05 Jun 2014 #29

but, isn't that proving what republicans have always said about B Calm Jun 2014 #21

How cute. Slumming for the summer. adigal Jun 2014 #22

So they want to push the idea that min. wage work "builds character?" malthaussen Jun 2014 #23

It does build character. intheflow Jun 2014 #38

Nice thought, but ... Wernothelpless Jun 2014 #24

if he really wanted them "used to minimum wage" questionseverything Jun 2014 #34

Nice publicity stunt. U4ikLefty Jun 2014 #35

So they can't learn anything? Retrograde Jun 2014 #42

I'm a nurse and always made a decent living tavernier Jun 2014 #36

Humility and empathy OneCrazyDiamond Jun 2014 #37

This is how liberals talk about the first daughters? JoePhilly Jun 2014 #39

The emotion behind it is deep-seated, and absolutely justifiable. But there are far, FAR better nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #41

Its disgusting. JoePhilly Jun 2014 #45

"Some of the folks on this site have lost their minds." nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #46

At least they won't be able to claim that minimum-wage workers are just lazy and/or stupid. nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #40

So $8 an hour builds character? JackRiddler Jun 2014 #43

It would be easier to believe that the president gives a damn about low wage workers woo me with science Jun 2014 #44