• Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Or perhaps they could have applied their time to learning a trade or skill that paid more than a minimum wage, entry level job meant for teenagers?

    Edit: This person I’d a Vietnam vet and we’ll past social security. They are likely eligible for a military pension as well as social security. They claimed they could not save for retirement while working what sounded like a solid job, but are they just unaware of the retirement benefits they already have??

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      3 months ago

      entry level job meant for teenagers?

      Sorry friend but no one actually thinks this one through. Is McDonald’s closed when school is open? Who’s working when teenagers are at school? Same thing with any low paying “entry level” job. Who’s doing the work when school is open?

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      3 months ago

      Or maybe we can stop with the idiotic outdated views that “bad” jobs should pay badly and blame the workers, which is exactly what the corporations want?

      If fast food is a job meant for teenagers, who works there during school hours?

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        3 months ago

        I don’t understand how we got into this doublethink that a job’s responsibilities can be necessary while still somehow being beneath allowing those who do it to live.