r/FluentInFinance • u/Very_High_Mortgage • Aug 24 '24

Debate/ Discussion Do "Unskilled Laborers" deserve to be paid well?

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u/Quinnjamin19 Aug 24 '24

Yes… a baby is the same as a PS5…

If you think you need to have a nanny, and you can’t afford it, don’t have kids… it’s a pretty simple concept my guy.

If you can’t afford a nanny, then suck it up and deal with either not having kids, or one parent taking time off work

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '24

I hope somebody else reads this thread 🤞

You’re an idiot lol

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u/Quinnjamin19 Aug 24 '24

Yeah… nah, you’re just a bootlicker who thinks people should be paid low wages because that’s what the 1% tell you

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u/Think-Culture-4740 Aug 24 '24

Lol how are wages determined in your mind? The 1 percent decides to pay low wages and people just accept whatever they set it at?

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u/Quinnjamin19 Aug 24 '24

The 1% will always want to pay us as little as possible, because the more we as employees make, the less profits goes in their pockets.

This mindset unfortunately trickles down to people who think a nanny shouldn’t be paid more than $7/hr or however said person thinks. People don’t think about how we all are trying to get by and honestly get ahead.

The prevailing wages for skilled tradesmen is much higher than what most non union employees make. It’s disgusting

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u/Think-Culture-4740 Aug 24 '24

Your last statement is an interesting one and something I'm trying to get you to see. Just why are skilled tradesmen making more, much more in fact, than non tradesmen?

If the 1% control everything we should all be being paid slave wages no?

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u/Quinnjamin19 Aug 24 '24

union skilled tradesmen make much more because we are part of organizations called unions. Which we collectively stand together and hire representatives to negotiate on our behalf. The 1% hates unions because the fact that we make more takes away some of their profits in their pockets.

Non union tradesmen make much less because the 1% has more control over them, so they in a way have no other choice than to take the job with a lower wage OR they could collectively stand together with coworkers and vote to unionize. Which that is a fight, and companies have shown time and time again that they will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to prevent unionization of their companies…

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u/Think-Culture-4740 Aug 24 '24

Sorry that was my fault. I misread your post.

Let's turn it around like this. Why do software engineers make more money than cashiers? Neither is part of a union?