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kay but all these people in bernie’s mentions talking about how if you wanna make more than minimum wage then learn more skills so that you can get a better job as if college doesn’t put you tens of thousands of dollars in debt, they force people who are in college/hs to have
babies that they don’t want which both adds another financial cost and often takes them out of school, and they’re ignoring the fact that these “unskilled” workers have become the backbone of our country in the midst of a pandemic and they’re not being compensated for it.
all of the problems and solutions are being set out right in front of you, you just don’t want to entertain the idea of other people having the same freedoms and privileges as you do.
i also forgot to add earlier that this mindset is very ableist. there are people who do not have the physical capability to work a lot of jobs and there are jobs who make requirements that are specifically included to discriminate against people with disabilities
also this isn’t an exhaustive list of reasons why people might have to work a minimum wage job, these are just a few examples that i thought of off of the top of my head at the moment. the point is that people should be able to make enough money to live because they are HUMANS
there’s also felons. they get out of prison and usually don’t have the opportunity to get a decent job. and i don’t wanna see anyone talking about how it’s there fault for breaking the law or whatever because we all know that the justice and prison systems are fucked
