Obamas want daughters to get taste of life on minimum wage: Parade

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22. How cute. Slumming for the summer.

I think this is a pointy-headed idea. Their girls will never know the realities of having to work in a hot as hell kitchen for minimum wage, then having to go to a second job for another 8 hours to pay the rent in a terrible neighborhood. It's a nice idea, but since they are not stupid girls, hey will know it's not their reality.

There are better ways to teach empathy.

Edited to add: I think this is a PR ploy, but I appreciate the idea behind it. I think they might learn more spending a week in a DC public school, which their parents protected them from. I can't blame them - I wouldn't send my kids to an underfunded public school either, but you know...this just doesn't really sit right with me. I like the idea, but think it is really ridiculous to expect them to understand the 99% from a summer job, which will probably be staffed with other young people and a lot of fun.