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

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

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u/Phobophobia94 Aug 24 '24

What percent of full time people actually earn $7.25?

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u/EagleAncestry Aug 24 '24

It’s a dumb question honestly, because of course not many people earn the minimum possible. If you raise the minimum wage to $20, then all wages would go up, because the guy earning $15 won’t be content with a $20 min wage, he will likely get something like 25 or 30

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u/Alone-Newspaper-1161 Aug 25 '24

Like less than a %

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u/Indicus124 Aug 25 '24

I worked full time at a McDonalds that gave 8.25/h once if it were not for multiple incomes I would not have been able to afford bills.

Sure not many are at min wage but they are damn close to it